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Climate Zones

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What zone is most of the United States in?

a)

Temperate

b)

Polar

c)

Tropical

2.

What zone is the equator in?

a)

Temperate

b)

Polar

c)

Tropical

3.

What is the name of the climate zones at the north and south of the map?

a)

Tropical

b)

Polar

c)

Temperate

4.

Which zone has the the coldest place on earth?

a)

Tropical

b)

Temperate

c)

Polar

5.

Which zone has over half of all the plant and animal species in the world living in it?

a)

Tropical

b)

Temperate

c)

Polar

6.

Which zone gets the most rainfall?

a)

Polar

b)

Tropical

c)

Temperate

7.

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 amount of rain over many years.

8.
Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?
a)
Tropical
b)
Polar
c)
Arid/Dry
d)
Temperate
9.

The temperature of a tropical climate is?

a)

consistently warm

b)

consistently cool

c)

consistently moderate

d)

warm and cool

10.

A temperate climate is?

a)

consistently cool

b)

consistently warm

c)

consistently moderate

d)

warm and cool

11.

What climate zone is the white area in the picture?

a)

Polar zone

b)

Temperate zone

c)

Tropical zone

12.

Temperatures in the POLAR ZONES are...

a)

cold all year

b)

always warm

c)

warm in summer and cold in winter

13.

Temperatures in the TEMPERATE ZONES are...

a)

cold all year

b)

always warm

c)

warm in summer and cold in winter

14.

The climate is...

a)

The typical weather in a specific place over a long period of time.

b)

today´s weather

15.

What climate zone is the green area in the picture?

a)

Polar zone

b)

Temperate zone

c)

Tropical zone

16.

What climate zone is the red area in the picture?

a)

Polar zone

b)

Temperate zone

c)

Tropical zone

17.

Precipitations in the POLAR ZONES are...

a)

heavy or little, it depends on the area

b)

variable

c)

little and in the form of snow

18.

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

19.

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

a)

Longitudes

b)

Latitudes

c)

Equator

d)

Direction

20.

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

21.

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.

22.

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.

23.

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

a)

sunlight

b)

wind

c)

water

d)

clouds

24.

Which of the following is a major reason for there being seasons?

a)

The trees need seasons

b)

It is colder in some areas

c)

The Earth is on a slight tilt

d)

The moon blocks sunlight/heat

25.

Which of the lines of latitude will get the most direct sunlight throughout the whole year?

a)

Artic Circle

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

e)

Antarctic Circle

26.

How long does it take the Earth to orbit around the sun?

a)

24hrs

b)

30 days

c)

1 season

d)

365 days

27.

Climate is ...

a)

the average weather in an area over a period of time.

b)

the weather that changes each day.

c)

only sunny weather.

d)

only wet weather.

28.

What are 3 things scientists measure when they look for patterns that make up climate?

a)

air temperature

b)

precipitation

c)

wind speed

d)

leaves changing color

29.

Read the paragraph. If a tree ring is wide, was it a wet or dry year?

a)

wet

b)

dry

30.

Read the paragraph. If a tree ring is narrow, was it a wet or dry year?

a)

wet

b)

dry

31.

Which two climate zones are considered extreme?

a)

desert zone

b)

polar zone

c)

temperate zone

d)

mediterranean

32.

In a desert zone there is little ____ .

a)

precipitation

b)

sunlight

c)

moonlight

d)

sand

33.

An area's climate is determined by its ___ weather conditions.

a)

average

b)

daily

c)

extreme

d)

sunny

34.

Climates differ because the sun strikes the Earth differently at different ____.

a)

latitudes

b)

longitude

c)

water

d)

weather

35.

__ is the largest desert on Earth.

a)

Antarctica

b)

Sahara

c)

Amazon

d)

Mojave

36.

In some areas in polar regions the sun ___ during the summer.

a)

never sets

b)

never rises

c)

always cloudy

d)

is pink

37.

When it is summer at one pole, it is __ at the other pole.

a)

winter

b)

summer

c)

spring

d)

fall