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Climate Vocabulary-FOCUS SCIENCE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What line of latitude is this?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Arctic Circle

c)

Equator

d)

Antarctic Circle

2.

What line of latitude is this?

a)

Tropic of Capricorn

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Equator

d)

Arctic Circle

3.

What line of latitude is this?

a)

Equator

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Arctic Circle

4.

What climate region has 4 seasons?

a)

Tropical climate region

b)

Temperate climate region

c)

Polar climate region

5.

What line of latitude is this?

a)

South Pole

b)

Arctic Circle

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

6.

What climate region is this?

a)

Temperate climate region

b)

Polar climate region

c)

Tropical climate region

7.

What line of latitude is this?

a)

Tropic of Capricorn

b)

North Pole

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Equator

8.

What latitudes are these?

a)

Low latitudes (tropical)

b)

Middle latitudes (temperate)

c)

High latitudes (polar)

9.

Which climate zone is Falls Church, VA located in?

a)

Polar climate zone (high latitudes)

b)

Temperate climate zone (middle latitudes)

c)

Tropical climate zone (low latitudes)

10.

Why does the Earth get different amounts of sunlight?

a)

The Earth is straight up and down.

b)

The Earth is tilted on its axis.

11.

Weather is...

a)

short-term, daily changes in the air

b)

Long-term weather pattern

12.

Climate is...

a)

short-term, daily changes in the air

b)

Long-term weather pattern

13.

How hot or cold an area is.

a)

temperature

b)

latitude

c)

precipitation

d)

elevation

14.

The distance north or south of the equator (54ON, 30OS)

a)

temperature

b)

latitude

c)

precipitation

d)

elevation

15.

Water falling from the sky

a)

temperature

b)

latitude

c)

precipitation

d)

elevation

16.

The height of an object/area above sea level.

a)

temperature

b)

latitude

c)

precipitation

d)

elevation

17.

Short-term, daily changes in the air

a)

weather

b)

climate

18.

Long-term weather patterns

a)

weather

b)

climate

19.

Which climate zone is the HOTTEST?

a)

tropical climate zone

b)

polar climate zone

c)

temperate climate zone

20.

What climate zone is this?

a)

Temperate climate zone

b)

Tropical climate zone

c)

Polar climate zone