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Climate and Vegetation

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time. Think 30 years. Reported as averages by a meteorologist.

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

2.

The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place. The daily or weekly forecast.

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

3.

The SHORT term impact

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

4.

The LONG term impact

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

5.

What is the most important factor impacting the climate?

a)

Solar energy

b)

Elevation

c)

Wind/ocean currents

d)

Clouds/water vapor

6.

A _____________ reports the weather on a daiy basis.

a)

Forecaster

b)

Anchor

c)

Meterologist

d)

Climate change specialist

7.

The factors that impact the weather are...

a)

elevation, people, vegetation, currents

b)

heat energy, clouds, and water vapor, elevation, and wind and ocean currents.

c)

climate, weather, vegetation, waves, wind

d)

heat enegry, water, clouds, meterologist, currents

8.

This is an example of a ______ map.

a)

weather

b)

climate

9.

This is an example of a ______ map.

a)

weather

b)

climate

10.

The three main zones of latitude are

a)

Hot, cold, mild

b)

Temperate, mild, warm

c)

Polar, mild, cold

d)

Polar, temperate, tropical

11.

Classified by similar plants, soil, and the weather pattern in an area. It is named for the types of trees, grasslands, and specially adapted plants that live there.

a)

Climate regions

b)

Vegetation regions

12.

Areas that share similar temperatures and precipitation throughout the year.

a)

Climate regions

b)

Vegetation regions

13.

I am the plants that grow in a region.

a)

vegetation

b)

climate

14.

Throughout the Earth there are various climate and vegetation _________________.

a)

places

b)

regions

c)

latitudes

d)

names

15.

The five types of vegetation regions are named...

a)

ice, dessert, forest, tundra, forest, biome

b)

tropical, desert, grassland, subtropical, dry

c)

forest, grasslands, tundra, desert, ice sheet

d)

grasslands, cold, mild, polar, dessert, arid

16.

The five main climate regions are...

a)

subtropical, cold, temperate, wet, dry

b)

arid, desert, dry, high latitude, highland

c)

high latitude, polar, temperate, warm, rainy

d)

tropical, dry, mid-latitude, high-latitude, highland

17.

The spinning of Earth on its axis. It causes day and night.

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Solstice

d)

Equinox

18.

The movement of an object around another object. It happens every 365 days and causes the four seasons.

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Solstice

d)

Equinox

19.

The two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Solstice

d)

Equinox

20.

The two times of the year when days and nights are of equal length

a)

Rotation

b)

Revoution

c)

Solstive

d)

Equinox

21.

How long does it take the Earth to make one complete revolution?

a)

24 hours

b)

366 days

c)

365

d)

It depends on which season it is.

22.

When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

a)

Summer

b)

Fall

c)

Winter

d)

Spring

23.

What causes day and night?

a)

The Earth's revolution.

b)

The Earth's tilt on its axis.

c)

The Earth's rotation.

d)

Different amounts of light shining on Earth at different times of the year.

24.

If it is autumn in the northern hemisphere, what season is in the southern hemisphere?

a)

autumn

b)

summer

c)

winter

d)

spring