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Climate Zones

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 3mins

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1.

These are imaginary horizontal lines parallel to the Earth's equator that run from East to West and vice versa.

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Equator

d)

Direction

2.

These are imaginary lines running north-south around the globe.

a)

Longitudes

b)

Latitudes

c)

Equator

d)

Direction

3.

An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

a)

Longitudes

b)

Latitudes

c)

Equator

d)

Direction

4.

What is climate?

a)

What's happening in space at a time and place.

b)

The average weather over many years

c)

What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place

d)

The average amount of rain over many years.

5.

Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?

a)

Tropical

b)

Arid/Dry

c)

Polar

d)

Temperate

6.

What are the 3 major climate zones IN ORDER from equator to the poles?

a)

polar, temperate, tropical

b)

temperate, polar, tropical

c)

tropical, temperate, polar

d)

temperate, tropical polar

7.

What does precipitation mean?

a)

How hot or cold a place is

b)

How much vegetation a place has.

c)

How wet or dry a place is.

d)

How many global winds a place has.

8.

What does temperature mean?

a)

How hot or cold a place is

b)

How much vegetation a place has

c)

How wet or dry a place is.

d)

How many global winds a place has.

9.

The climate of a zone depends on the amount of _____________it receives.

a)

sunlight

b)

wind

c)

water

d)

clouds