Climate and Weather Quiz

Beschreibung

How well do you know about climate change? Do you fully understand the impacts of volcanoes on the planet? Discover the answers and much more in this climate and weather quiz that will test your knowledge to the full.
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Frage 1

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Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?
Antworten
  • Methane
  • Oxygen
  • Nitrogen
  • Carbon monoxide

Frage 2

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[blank_start]Weather[blank_end] is short-term, [blank_start]climate[blank_end] is long-term.
Antworten
  • climate
  • Weather

Frage 3

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The poles receive more concentrated radiation than the equator.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 4

Frage
The ITCZ is only found in the Northern hemisphere.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 5

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Jet streams form at high altitudes.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 6

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How much of the Earth's total heat energy do oceans transport?
Antworten
  • 20%
  • 50%
  • 10%
  • 30%

Frage 7

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The strongest currents are on the [blank_start]Western[blank_end] side of continents.
Antworten
  • Western
  • Eastern
  • Northern
  • Southern

Frage 8

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What type of climate does the UK have?
Antworten
  • Temperate oceanic
  • Warm oceanic
  • Temperate continental
  • Wet oceanic

Frage 9

Frage
What direction is the prevailing wind of the UK?
Antworten
  • Southwest
  • Southeast
  • Northwest
  • Northeast

Frage 10

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The UK climate is affected by [blank_start]five[blank_end] air masses.
Antworten
  • five
  • four
  • six
  • three
  • seven

Frage 11

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The UK does not experience droughts.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 12

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Ice cores store oxygen isotopes.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 13

Frage
How many years does the eccentricity cycle take to complete?
Antworten
  • 41,000
  • 26,000
  • 100,000
  • 97,000

Frage 14

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Volcanoes have a [blank_start]cooling[blank_end] effect on the climate.
Antworten
  • cooling
  • warming

Frage 15

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Humans are the only cause of climate change.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 16

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How long is the growing season in arid climates?
Antworten
  • 0 days
  • 50 days
  • 75 days
  • 90 days
  • 25 days

Frage 17

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How warm must an area of tropical ocean be for a typhoon to form?
Antworten
  • 16 degrees
  • 23 degrees
  • 27 degrees
  • 32 degrees

Frage 18

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Hurricanes are measured on the [blank_start]Saffir-Simpson[blank_end] scale.
Antworten
  • Saffir-Simpson
  • Milankovitch
  • Mercalli
  • Wegener

Frage 19

Frage
Label the Milankovitch cycles.
Antworten
  • Eccentricity
  • Precession
  • Axial Tilt

Frage 20

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Label the features shown on the diagram.
Antworten
  • Polar Cell
  • Hadley Cell
  • Ferrel Cell
  • Subtropical Jet
  • Polar Jet
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