Climate and Weather Quiz

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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.
Antonia Blankenberg
Quiz por Antonia Blankenberg, atualizado more than 1 year ago
Antonia Blankenberg
Criado por Antonia Blankenberg quase 7 anos atrás
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Resumo de Recurso

Questão 1

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

Questão 2

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

Questão 3

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

Questão 4

Questão
The ITCZ is only found in the Northern hemisphere.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 5

Questão
Jet streams form at high altitudes.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 6

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

Questão 7

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

Questão 8

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

Questão 9

Questão
What direction is the prevailing wind of the UK?
Responda
  • Southwest
  • Southeast
  • Northwest
  • Northeast

Questão 10

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

Questão 11

Questão
The UK does not experience droughts.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 12

Questão
Ice cores store oxygen isotopes.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 13

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

Questão 14

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

Questão 15

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

Questão 16

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

Questão 17

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

Questão 18

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

Questão 19

Questão
Label the Milankovitch cycles.
Responda
  • Eccentricity
  • Precession
  • Axial Tilt

Questão 20

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

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