Climate and Weather Quiz

Define Climate

• average weather over a 30 year period for a particular place

• the state of the atmosphere at any time

Define Weather

• average weather over a 30 year period for a particular place

• the state of the atmosphere at any time

Why does the equator have the warmest climate?

• the sun's rays are most concentrated at the equator

• It is closest to the sun

• the sun's rays are most concentrated at the north and south poles

Is this weather or climate? It will rain this afternoon

• Weather

• Climate

Which best describes weather in a low pressure system?

• Cloudy, windy, rainy

• Clear sky, windy

• Sunny, hot

Name 3 types of rainfall

• Relief, backfall, conduction

• Relief, convectional, frontal

Complete the sentence. In high pressure systems...

• Air sinks

• Air rises

Complete the sentence. In low pressure systems...

• Air rises

• Air sinks

Why does the British Isles get such changeable weather?

• We are close to the boundary of cold polar air and warm sub-tropical air.

• We are close to the equator.

• We are located at 30 degrees north and have constant high pressure

Winds are movements of air from...

• Low to low pressure

• High to low pressure

• High to high pressure.

• Low to high pressure