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WorksheetsGY - W&C 2- Weather Elements
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Land breeze is a wind that blows from ___ to ____ during the night.
Sea to Land
Land to Sea
Land to Land
Sea breeze happens during the day.
True
False
When temperature becomes higher, relative humidity (RH) becomes
lower
higher
unchanged
Relief rainfall happens when the earth surface is flat.
True.
False
Rain gauge must be half buried on a grass flat surface. Why?
Reduce splashes and not easily toppled.
Easier to be located and replaced.
Less foot traffic on such surfaces so less likely to be disturbed by pedestrians.
Places that are far away from the Equator (meaning at higher latitude), tends to have ____ annual mean temperature.
higher
lower
For every 1,000 m increase in altitude, the temperature drops by
5.0 degree Celcius
5.5 degree Celcius
6.0 degree Celcius
6.5 degree Celcius
Convectional rainfall usually takes place on a flat earth surface and during
the early morning.
the mid noon.
the late afternoon.
In a city like Singapore, there is usually a lot of cloud cover during both the day and the night. What does this mean to our diurnal temperature range.
Large diurnal temperature range.
Small diurnal temperature range.
Zero diurnal temperature range.
In a desert landscape when there is barely any cloud cover in a 24-hour period, what happens to the diurnal temperature range.
Very large diurnal temperature range.
Very small diurnal temperature range.
No visible changes in diurnal temperature range.
Marinetime effect affect coastal cities resulting in
hotter summers and colder winters
cooler summers and warmer winters
very cold summers and very hot winters
Continental effect affects inland areas the most causing it to have
very large annual temperature range.
very small annual temperature range.
very hot winters and very cold summers.
warm winters and cooler summer.
The common type of rainfall that Singapore experiences is
Relief rain
Convectional rain
Frontal rain
Orographic rain
