Read the passage. There are several questions about this passage. Distinct Deserts 1 Say the word "desert"and most people imagine an extremely dry. desolate place with very little water, a few cacti, and lots of sand. While that can be true of some deserts, it is not true for all of them. Deserts can be rocky, can contain small shrubs or grasses, can have soil, and can be located close to the ocean A desert might even be frozen and covered in snow round. The definitive mark of a desert is that it receives very little precipitation in a year There are many ways in which deserts can be classified.but four main desert classifications are: subtropical for hot and semiarid, coastal, and cold (including polar). Although a common misconception is that all deserts are basically alike.each type of desert has unique characteristics. Subtropical Deserts 2 A subtropical desert is the typical desert most people think of-it is excessively hot during the day and can be bitterly cold at night.Here, yearly precipitation can be as little as one inch or less. The land is at least partially covered with sand. Clouds are rarely seen here because clouds cannot form without moisture from the surface. The lack of cloud cover and the low humidity mean the desert is subject to intense radiant energy from the Sun. in extremely high temperature during the day. At night the temperatures plunge because the low humidity in the atmosphere cannot trap the heat on the surface. Plants found here, such as cacti, must be strong enough to withstand the severe temperatures and minimal water and nutrients. Some animals like the kangaroo rat, are adapted to this harsh environment by being nocturnal and foraging for food and water at night, when the desert is cooler. This sentence is from the passage. This makes it difficult for the few plants that live here, like lichen and shrubs to retrieve moisture from any rainfall." (Paragraph 5) What does the word retrieve mean? 1. block 2. get 3. return 4. store