Weather and climate Formative Test

What is the difference between climate and weather?

•  Climate averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while weather describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
•  Weather averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while Climate describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
• Climate describes the weather conditions at night, while weather describes the conditions during the daytime.
•  There is not a difference between climate and weather.

The closer you live to the ocean, the more likely your climate will be a...

• marine climate

• tropical climate

• continental climate

• subtropical climate

Which of the following is contributing to an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• deforestation
• photosynthesis
• oceans
• all of the above

The biggest factor in determining climate is?

• elevation
• an ocean
• latitude
• mountain

What is the climate of the top of a mountain like as compared to the bottom of the mountain?

• warmer
• cooler
• drier
• wetter

Which of these is NOT a factor that determines the climate of a place?

• latitude
• wind patterns
• longitude
• elevation

Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?

•  LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures
• There is no relationship

Elevation, how high up the land is from the sea level does not impact climate 

• True
• False

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

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

This photo represents a ______ climate 

• Tropical 
• Polar
• Temperate