NEW
Font size
WorksheetsClimate and ecosystems - 8L - AGW&YAJ
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
What is the definition of climate?
Day-to-day changes in the atmosphere
Average conditions for a period of 30 years
another word for the atmosphere
average conditions over 50 years
average conditions for 20 years
Which of the following is NOT TRUE
the further you get from the equator, the colder it gets
clouds are a form of precipitation
rain is caused by air rising
orographic rainfall is the same as:
convectionall rainfall
relief rainfall
frontal rainfall
Latitude affects rainfall
true
untrue
in some circumstances
What is the angle of the tilt of the Earth?
24
20.5
21.5
22
23.5
The center of the UK gets lots of rain because:
hot air from the south meets cold air from the North (frontal rainfall)
vapour from the North sea blows in and rises (relief rainfall)
Hot air rises (convectional rainfall)
The amazon's main type of rainfall is:
relief rainfall (Andes Mountains)
convectional rainfall (hot climate)
frontal rainfall (atlantic winds meeting hotter brazilian winds)
The Amazon is not rainy
How many major prevailing winds are there?
1
2
3
4
5
