Factors Affecting Climate

Multiple Choice

What is latitude?

• the distance of a location from the equator
• the distance of the location from the prime meridian
• the distance of a location from the sun 
• the distance of a location from the moon

Multiple Choice

The reason why it is so hot near the equator is ___.

• the sun heats the lava under that area

• the area near the equator gets lots of indirect sunlight

• the area near the equator gets lots of direct sunlight

• the light near that area is shy

Multiple Choice

Why are the locations in high latitudes so much colder than the locations in low latitudes?

• They receive less direct sunlight.
• They receive more direction sunlight.
• The sun never shines there.
• The sun doesn't like those areas.

Multiple Choice

The higher the altitude of a city, the _______________ the temperatures are.

• hotter

• colder

• more consistent

• weirder

Multiple Choice

Which cools off faster at night?

• Sea

• Land

Multiple Choice

Which warms up faster during the day?

• Sea/Water

• Land

Multiple Choice

What do you think does the lamp represent in the experiment?

• Ocean

• Land

• Sunlight

Multiple Choice

What do you think does the soil represent in the experiment?

• Ocean

• Land

• Sunlight

Multiple Choice

What do you think does the water represent in the experiment?

• Ocean

• Land

• Sunlight

Multiple Choice

What happens to a current when it comes in contact with a continent or landmass?

• It continues over the continent
• It stops
• It changes direction
• It is absorbed by the land

Multiple Choice

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

Multiple Choice

Cold ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole 
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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​What happens to cold water?
What happens to hot water?

Multiple Choice

Put the liquids in order from most dense to least dense?

• 4, 3, 2, 1
• 1, 2, 3, 4
• 3, 4, 2, 1, 
• 4, 3, 1, 2

Multiple Choice

Warm water is less __________ than cold water.

• dense

• sun

• more

• temperature

• ocean currents

Multiple Choice

 As the temperature of ocean water changes from 10 to 30 degrees C, how does the density change?

• The water becomes more dense
• The water becomes less dense
•  The density does not change 
•  It is impossible to predict

Multiple Choice

How do oceans influence weather and climate?

• Oceans cause winds to move by the motion of strong currents.

• Oceans reflect the Sun's energy back through the atmosphere into space.

• Oceans absorb the energy of the Sun, store it, and release it.

• Oceans' waves continually generate heat through wave action.