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Weather and Climate 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Weather is the short term changes in the earth's .................

a)

gardens

b)

oceans

c)

atmosphere

d)

mountains

2.

Climate is the pattern of ...................... weather over a ............. period

a)

average

b)

sunny

c)

long

d)

brief

3.

What is precipitation?

a)

Rain, snow, hail, sleet

b)

When water turns into a vapour

c)

When vapour turns into a liquid

d)

Another word for a river

4.

What is the name for the way water travels around the earth's atmosphere, oceans, rivers and land?

a)

The water cycle

b)

A unicycle

c)

A motorcycle

d)

Waterwheel

5.

What is the name for when water vapour turns back to a liquid?

a)

Weteration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Hipoperation

d)

Condensation

6.

What is the main reason water evaporates before convectional rainfall occurs?

a)

Warm air is forced to rise over mountains

b)

The sun heats water in the ground, rivers, lakes and oceans

c)

Warm air is forced to rise as it overtakes a band of cold air

d)

There is high pressure

7.

What is the main reason water vapour rises in relief rainfall?

a)

It's a hot day

b)

There is high pressure

c)

Warm air is forced to rise as it comes up against mountains

d)

Warm air is forced to rise to over take slower moving cold air

8.

About how much of the earth's surface is water?

a)

26%

b)

95%

c)

71%

d)

52%

9.

How long might a drop of water stay in the ocean?

a)

26 days

b)

over 3000 years

c)

156 days

d)

200 weeks

10.

How long might a drop of water stay in the earth's atmosphere?

a)

33 years

b)

17 weeks

c)

About 9 days

d)

10 hours