<span>The question is asking whether it is true that the defining characteristic of deserts is their high daytime temperatures. This is actually false, as deserts are defined as places with a very small precipitation - rainfall. In fact, the biggest desert on Earth is Antarctica, which is very cold! Some deserts are hot, for example Sahara, but not all of them.</span>
Yes it does. They all have to do with the positions of the earth, sun, and Mars.
The heat travels to the ice because the ice is colder than the temperature of the air in the room. This happens because the temperature is trying to regulate and when something is warmer than another substance or object then the heat will travel from the warmer object to the colder one. When this happens the ice melts because it can't be a solid for a long period of time.
A. For the south china sea! hope this helps!!