Climate Quiz

What are the two main factors that determine the climate of an area?

• precipitation and humidity
• temperature and air pressure
• wind conditions and humidity
• temperature and precipitation

What are the 3 major climate zones in order from equator to the poles?

• polar, temperate, tropical
• tropical, temperate, polar
• temperate, polar, tropical

What is the condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place?

• climate
• temperature
• weather
• air pressure

Which BEST describes why latitudes closest to the equator have warmer climates?

• they are at lower elevations
• they receive more solar energy
• they are nearer to ocean currents
• they get more winds that carry energy in the form of heat

What is the measure of distance in degrees north and south from the equator?

• latitude
• longitude
• elevation
• topography

What is the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time?

• climate
• temperature
• elevation
• precipitation

Compared with weather patterns, climate patterns are more _____.

• severe
• long term
• local
• unusual

Several different climates can exist within a small area in _____ climates

• marine
• continental
• polar
• highland

As latitude increases, the average annual temperature ___________.

• decreases
• changes
• increases
• remains the same

What Zone is located at the North and South Poles, long cold winters, freezing temperatures almost all the time?

• Temperate Zone

• Polar Zone

• Tropical Zone