Weather and Climate

Cacao trees grow along or close to the equator because...

• the climate is both hot and wet.

• the climate is cold.

• the climate is windy

What kind of climatic and weather conditions do cacao trees need to grow well? Select all correct answers.

• Wet

• Windy

• Cold

• Warm/Hot

An instrument used to measure the amount of rainfall

• barometer

• thermometer

• rain guage

• wind sock

State whether the following sentence is true or false.

Weather is what happens in the atmosphere everyday.

• True

• False

• Don't know

• It could be both

What does a rain gauge measure?

• It measures speed

• It measures light

• It measures distance

• It measures the amount of rainfall

What affects the daily life of people?

• Weather

• Climate

• Rain

• Snow

What can be measured in degrees Celsius?

• Temperature

• Precipitation

• Weight

• Wind Direction

The sea and land breeze help in __________ the climate of a place.

• stabilize

• fixing

• moderating

• changing

Which factor does NOT affect temperature: 

• Latitude.

• Distance from the sea.

• Longitude. 

• Altitude.

Climate changes happen over a period of how many years?

• One Hundred Years

• Ten years

• Never

• Thousands of years