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WorksheetsReviewing Weather and Climate
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which is the best definition for climate?
The conditions in the atmosphere.
The general trend in weather over time.
The change in the weather.
The temperature over time.
How do large bodies of water affect the climate in a region?
Large bodies of water have no effect on the climate.
Large bodies of water cause the region to have a more extreme climate.
Large bodies of water cause the region to have less precipitation.
Large bodies of water will make the climate less extreme.
How is an up-welling current formed?
Wind blows parallel to the beach and pulls the cold water from the ocean floor to the surface.
Wind blows from the ocean to the shoreline because of uneven heating.
Wind blows parallel to the beach and causes warmer water to come to the surface.
Wind blows from the land out to the sea pulling cooler water to the surface.
Which of the following is an example of local weather?
The Columbia Basin generally experiences hot dry summers and cold winters with little precipitation.
The current temperature is 42 degrees Fahrenheit, wind out of the S at 15 mph, humidity 67%, 20% chance of precipitation.
The west is experiencing the warmest winter in 40 years.
Seattle is rainy and cool all year long.
What is the Jet Stream?
A river that flows really fast.
A wind that blows from north to south around the globe.
A stream of fast moving air that forms between warm and cold air masses high in the atmosphere.
The exhaust from a jet that can be seen from earth.
What causes deep ocean currents?
Deep ocean currents are caused by wind.
Deep ocean currents are caused by underwater volcanoes.
Deep ocean currents are caused by differences in density.
Deep ocean currents are caused by large schools of fish swimming in the same direction.
What is the best explanation for why the equator heats faster than the poles.
The equator is closer to the sun.
The equator has a thicker atmosphere.
The equator gets radiation at a more direct angle.
The equator has a stronger radiation magnet.
Which of statements about hurricanes is NOT true.
Hurricanes form over warm tropical waters.
Hurricanes get stronger when they hit land.
Hurricanes can have a diameter of over 500 miles.
Hurricanes move more slowly than tornadoes.
Which of these statements about tornadoes is NOT accurate?
Tornadoes form as a result of a fast moving cold front.
Tornadoes normally form over land.
Tornadoes move faster than hurricanes.
Most tornadoes occur in the winter.
What type of weather would you expect with an advancing warm front.
Cloudy and drizzly for a couple of days.
A short but violent storm.
Sunny clear skies.
Frosty and cold.
What type of weather would you expect with incoming cold front.
Cloudy and drizzly.
Windy and heavy rain.
Clear and sunny.
A hurricane.
The Gulf Stream is an ocean current in the Atlantic that starts near the Equator and moves north. How will this current influence the climate in land masses nearby?
This current does not really affect the climate of nearby landmasses.
This current will make the climate warmer than would be expected.
This current will make the climate colder than would be expected.
This current will make the climate dryer than other regions nearby.
What would happen to weather and climate if ocean currents suddenly stopped?
The weather patterns on earth would not be affected if ocean currents stopped.
If ocean currents stopped, the regions near the poles would become increasingly hotter and the equator would get colder.
If ocean currents stopped, the regions near the poles would become increasingly colder and the equator would get warmer.
The whole earth would have the same climate if ocean currents stopped.
What causes wind?
Wind is caused by uneven heating of Earth's surfaces creating areas of high and low pressure.
Wind is caused as ocean water evaporates.
Wind is caused when warm air becomes more dense.
Wind is caused by ocean currents bringing nutrients to the surface.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a convection current?
Hot mantle material rising and causing tectonic plates to move.
Warm air rising over a sun heated beach making a sea breeze,
A campfire giving enough heat to roast marshmallows.
Cold water sinking near the poles to contribute to a deep ocean current.
