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Climate and Climate Graphs

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why do Australia and China have opposite seasons?

a)

They are both in the northern hemisphere

b)

They are both in the southern hemisphere

c)

They are in opposite hemispheres

d)

They are both in the western hemisphere

2.

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.

3.

What climate does a desert have?

a)

Tropical

b)

Polar

c)

Arid/Dry

d)

Temperate

4.

Based on the Rainshadow Effect, the leeward side of a mountain will be ___________________ and windward side (near the ocean) will be _________.

a)

wet and dry

b)

dry and wet

c)

wet on both sides

d)

dry on both sides

5.

On a climograph the Line Graph measures?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Temperature

6.

Three Characteristics that make up climate

a)

weather, humidity

b)

seasons, precipitation, temperature

c)

wind, latitude, pollution

d)

nearness to a desert

7.

The seasons are caused by___________?

a)

The direction the Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun

b)

Tropical Storms

c)

Changes in the moon

d)

The Earth's revolution on its axis around the Sun

8.

0 -23.5 Latitude

a)

High Latitudes Polar

b)

Mid Latitudes Temperate

c)

Low Latitudes Tropical

9.

23.5-66 latitude

a)

High Latitude (polar)

b)

Mid Latitude (Temperate)

c)

Low Latitude (Tropics)

10.

66-90 Latitude

a)

High Latitude (polar)

b)

Low Latitude (temperate)

c)

Low Latitude (Tropical)

11.

What Hemisphere is Sydney Australia?

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

12.

This location gets

a)

All four seasons

b)

Wet/Dry Seasons

c)

Spring Summer Fall

13.

What type of Climate would you find at the high latitudes?

a)

warm summers and cool winters

b)

cold all year long

c)

hot all year long

d)

hot summer and cold winters

14.

Large bodies of water such as oceans or lakes ________________ temperatures.

a)

Raise

b)

Lower

c)

Moderate or Even out

d)

Don’t change

15.

As the elevation increases the temperature

a)

decreases

b)

increases

c)

stays the same

d)

none of the above