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Climate & Environment

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is climate?
a)
What's happening in space at a time and place.
b)
What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
c)
The average weather over many years
d)
The average temperature over many years.
2.
What is weather?
a)
What's happening in space at a time and place.
b)
What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place.
c)
The average weather over many years
d)
The average temperature over many years.
3.
What climate does a desert have?
a)
Tropical
b)
Polar
c)
Arid/Dry
d)
Temperate
4.
Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?
a)
Tropical
b)
Polar
c)
Arid/Dry
d)
Temperate
5.
Which of the following does NOT have an affect on a region's climate?
a)
Large bodies of water
b)
Latitude
c)
Mountains
d)
Longitude
6.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an adaptation?
a)
Colors to blend in to surroundings
b)
The Earth moving around the sun
c)
Migrating butterflies
d)
Webbed feet
7.

If a person is describing the daily changes in temperature and precipitation, they are referring to an area's —

a)

Geology

b)

Climate

c)

Geography

d)

Weather

8.

The kinds of data that reflect climate are different from the conditions described in weather data. Which of the following is a description of climate?

a)

Today it is hot and sunny in Phoenix, Arizona.

b)

Summers are usually mild in Lansing, Michigan.

c)

Last week it rained every day in San Antonio, Texas.

d)

Yesterday was cold and windy in Anchorage, Alaska.

9.

Which layer protects the Earth from the rays of The Sun?

a)

Oxygen

b)

ozone

c)

habitat

d)

solar

10.

What do you see?

a)

increasing

b)

deforestration

c)

hunting

d)

rubbish

11.

To process used objects so that they can be used again

a)

Benefit

b)

Recycle

c)

Reduce

12.

Cutting of trees in a forest is callled

a)

Reforestation

b)

Deforestation

c)

tree fall

d)

None of them

13.

Which gas is mainly responsible for the green house effect?

a)

H2

b)

O2

c)

CO2

d)

Water Vapours

14.

A period with no rain is called...

a)

famine

b)

drought

c)

landslide

d)

poverty

15.

Resources that Earth replaces naturally are...

a)

Renewable resources

b)

Nonrenewable resources

c)

Minerals

d)

Fossil Fuels

16.

Resources that cannot be replaced are...

a)

Nonrenewable resources

b)

Renewable resources

c)

Deforestation

d)

Artificial resources

17.

An area that receives less direct sunlight all year round is...

a)

Polar Zone

b)

Tropical Zone

c)

Moderate Zone

d)

Temperate Zone

18.

An area near the equator that receives direct sunlight all year round is...

a)

Tropical Zone

b)

Polar Zone

c)

Temperate Zone

d)

Moderate Zone

19.

Sandra visited her grandma in Florida over Thanksgiving. She noticed that they were selling bathing suits at the stores. Her grandma said they sell bathing suits all year because Florida is warm.

a)

weather

b)

climate

20.

James grabbed a rain coat before catching the school bus. It was already cloudy and the TV news reported that there would be rain all day long in Houston.

a)

weather

b)

climate

21.

Which of these is non renewable

a)

natural gas

b)

water in a dam

c)

solar power

d)

wind energy

22.
Which natural resource is a renewable energy resource?
a)
coal
b)
oil (petroleum)
c)
natural gas
d)
sun
23.
Energy made from moving water
a)
hydropower energy
b)
wind energy
c)
geothermal energy
d)
alternative energy
24.

Coal is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Trees are renewable resources.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Wind is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Oil is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Water is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The sun is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Gold is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Natural gas is a renewable resource.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Trees are a renewable resource because ...

a)

they can be replanted.

b)

of how big they can grow.

c)

they burn in forest fires.

d)

birds live in them.

33.

Oil is not a renewable resource because ...

a)

it comes from the ground.

b)

it cannot be replaced.

c)

it is too gooey.

d)

it is not heavy enough.

34.

Which of the following resources WILL eventually run out?

a)

natural resources

b)

renewable resources

c)

nonrenewable resources

35.
How many climate ZONES are there?
a)
5
b)
4
c)
3
d)
2
36.
What are the characteristics of a desert climate?
a)
Cold & Dry
b)
Hot & Dry
c)
Dry
d)
Cactus filled

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