Weather & Climate GW1

What energy source drives the water cycle?

• Clouds

• Oceans

• Sun

• Plants

During which stage do clouds form?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation

Why does it rain more on the windward side of a mountain instead of the leeward side of the mountain?

• Lower elevations have warmer temperatures that cannot hold as much moisture as cold air.

• Lower elevations have colder temperatures that cannot hold as much moisture as warm air.

• Higher elevations have warmer temperatures that cannot hold as much moisture as cold air.

• Higher elevations have colder temperatures that cannot hold as much moisture as warm air.

Why do all parts of the Earth not receive the same amount of sunlight?

• The Earth is tilted on its axis.

• The Earth is closer to sun in the winter.

• The moon revolves around the Earth.

• The Earth is very far away from the Sun.

_______ affects weather because the further north or south you go from the Equator, the less solar energy (heat).

• altitude
• latitude
• sunlight
• atmosphere

The biggest factor in determining climate is?

• elevation
• an ocean
• latitude
• mountain

_______ climate is described as hot and wet, and is located in low latitudes.

• Tropical
• Dry
• Continental
• Moderate

Climate is ______.

• what the air is like outside
• the temperature of a day
• pattern of weather in a place over many years.

Which of the following best describes weather?

• day to day conditions of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
• long-term conditions (30 or more years) of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

Describe a temperate climate.

• dry and cold year round
• warm year round, high humidity and rainfall
• variety of climate patterns, seasons, moderate precipitation