Climate and Vegetation Quiz

What is climate?

• a) a term used to describe weather patterns

• b) the measurement of temperature, precipitation, cloud cover and wind

• c) weather conditions that influence how people live and vegetation

• d) all of the above

What contains the most heat on earth?

• a) land

• b) water

• c) atmosphere

How do ocean currents affect climate?

• a) ocean currents store heat

• b) ocean currents provide their own source of heat

• c) ocean currents move heat around the planet

Wind that originates over water is dryer than wind on land.

• a) True

• b) False

What role does wind play in climate?

• a) wind carries heat and moisture around the planet

• b) wind stabilizes regional climate

• c) both a and b

Air is ____________ at higher altitudes.

• a) thicker

• b) thinner

It is warmer at the equator because sun beams hit a smaller area.

• a) true

• b) false

What is vegetation?

• a) another word for vegetables

• b) plants found in a particular region

• c) another term for trees

You will find rainforests near the ____________.

• a) poles

• b) equator

• c) gulf stream

You will find the following vegetation in the plains:

• a) tall grass, scattered bushes and trees

• b) green, dense trees

• c) woodlands