Climate Reading Comprehension Practice

If Earth's axis were not tilted,

• it would always be winter in the Northern Hemisphere

• It would always be summer in the Northern Hemisphere

• the length of the day would be constant throughout the year in both hemispheres

• there would be no change to the length of the day or seasons in either hemisphere

Which change requires the most energy?

• melting 18 g of ice to liquid with no change in temperature

• evaporating 18 g of liquid water to water vapour with no change in temperature.

• heating 18 g of water and increasing the temperature from $50\degree C$ to $100\degree C$

• Heating 18 g of water and increasing its temperature from $0\degree C$ to $75\degree C$

Heating of the land by the Sun's rays is

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Transfer of heat by ocean currents is

• conduction

• convection

• ratiation

Heating your feet by stepping on hot concrete is

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

Sea breezes are

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

At night a land breeze blows out to sea

• True

• False

A substance with a high albedo will absorb much of the light energy that strikes its surface

• True

• False

A closed system allows the exchange of both matter and energy with its surroundings

• True

• False

Rain falls on this biome nearly every day and temperatures vary little from month to month.

• grassland

• rainforest

• desert

• taiga

• tundra