The defining characteristic of deserts is their high daytime temperatures. true or false ?

The answer is false. An area is considered to be a desert because of its extremely low or non existent precipitation. Precipitation can be rain, snow, sleet ot hail. The Sahara is an example of a high temperature region that receives little to no rainfall. Regions of Antarctica can also be classified as the same because of little to no snow fall.

There are different types of areas which are classified depending on the amount of precipitation that it is experiencing in a period of a year. The defining characteristic of a desert is that it receives from very low amount to none at all of the precipitation. Thus, the answer is FALSE.