JC Geography: Climate

Which of the following is not an example of a hot climate?

• Savannah

• Boreal

• Desert

• Equatorial

True or False: the boreal climate is located in the southern hemisphere

• True

• False

The world climate can be broadly classified into 3 types. These are:

• Hot, Warm, Cold

• Warm, Temperate, Cold

• Hot, Temperate, Cold

• Hot, Temperate, Cool

3 key factors that influence climate are, distance from the sea, air masses and winds and (a)  

Because water absorbs and loses heat slower than land this means inland areas tend to be:

• warmer in the winter than coastal areas

• colder in the winter than coastal areas

• warmer in the summer than coastal areas

• colder in the summer than coastal areas

Ireland's prevailing winds are warm, moist winds called the

• south-westerlies

• north-westerlies

• south-easterlies

• north-westerlies

The direction land or slope faces is called:

• Aspect

• Altitude

• Relief

Altitude refers to the:

Which of the following is not a cause of global warming:

• Burning of fossil fuel

• Melting of polar ice caps

• Deforestation

• Release of methane

Chlorofluorocarbon cause damage to

• Ozone layer

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere