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WorksheetsGr 8 Climate and Weather Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The average conditions of the atmosphere over a long period of time is called
Climate
Weather
Frontal precipitation
None of these
The temperature at which condensation occurs is called
The Dew Point
Evaporation
Precipitation
None of these
Precipitation that is caused by the cooling air of moist air as it rises in elevation (height) is called
Frontal precipitation
Convectional Precipitation
Orographic Precipitation
None of these
A high altitude wind that blows around the earth in both hemispheres at heights of 9-12kms
Air Masses
Maritime Tropical Air Mass
Jet Stream
Air currents
The leading edge of an air mass is commonly known as
A Dew Point
A Front
A Relief
None of these
The science of weather is called
Climography
Geography
Meteorology
None of these
Which one of these is not an air mass?
Maritime Polar
Continental Tropical
Continental Arctic
Maritime Arctic
What area of Canada are you going to experience this air mass- Orographic Precipitation
Western Cordillera
Interior Plains
Canadian Shield
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands
What type of air is found in this kind of air mass- Maritime Polar
Cool Moist
Warm Moist
Warm Dry
Cold Dry
What two types of information can you find on a Climograph?
Temperature
Elevation
Precipitation
Depth of snow
Latitude of city
Which statement is not true about latitude`s impact on climateÉ
The closer you are to the equator the hotter the climate
The closer you are to the polar regions the colder the climate
The further away from a large body of water the colder it will be
If you`re mid way between the equator and the polar regions the temperatures will be less extreme
The Continental Tropical Air Mass brings cool moist air from the south to the north True or False?
True
False
A Frontal air Mass has the cool air mass rise above the warm air mass as the two come together True or False?
True
False
A climograph shows the precipitation with blue bars or a red line?
Red line
Blue bars
Convectional precipitation mainly occurs in the provinces located in the Interior Plains region? True or False
True
False
On a Climograph the temperature is represented with
A red line
blue boxes
There are three kinds of precipitation, which one is not one of them
Orographic
Frontal
Continental
Convectional
Name this type of precipitation
Frontal
Convectional
Orographic
None of these
Name this precipitation
Frontal
Orographic
Convectional
None of these
Choose the best 2 explanation for this image
The cloud is raining because the sun is warming it up
The sun is warming the ground and the water is evaporating to the sky
The cloud is releasing water vapor because it is full and can't hold the water, so it rains
None of these explain it correctly
