People who live in deserts must protect themselves from high temperatures during the daytime and low temperatures at night and in the winter. 

Some people live in mud houses that are painted white . They  keep out the heat during the daytime and protect people from cold evenings. Nomads in Africa live in tents and move around all  year in search of areas with water. Many of them wear long coats that protect them from the sun and the wind.


Beduin lighting a fire

Beduin lighting a fire 
Image:Nickfraser, CC BY-SA 3.0,
via Wikimedia Commons 




tent in the desert

Tent in the desert
Image:Carlos ZGZ from Paris, France,
CC0, via Wikimedia Commons 



Words

  • heat = very high temperatures
  • in search of = to look for
  • mud = wet earth that is soft and sticky
  • nomad = a person who travels from place to place to find grass and water for animals 
  • protect = defend, guard
  • tent = a shelter you put up when you go camping; it is covered with cloth and you hang it to the ground with ropes and poles