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FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____________ is average weather condition of a place over a long period of time over a large area.

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

2.

____________ Changes from Day to Day

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

3.

Which of the following area receive direct sunlight

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Artic circle

c)

Equator

4.
Which sentence best describes how latitude and temperature are related?
a)
LOWER latitude = COLDER air temperature
b)
HIGHER latitude = COLDER air temperature
c)
HIGHER latitude = WARMER temperatures
5.
What is the climate of the top of a mountain like as compared to the bottom of the mountain?
a)
warmer
b)
cooler
c)
drier
d)
wetter
6.

Which BEST describes why latitudes closest to the equator have warmer climates?

a)

they are at lower elevations

b)

they receive high angle sunlight

c)

they are nearer to ocean currents

d)

they get more winds that carry energy in the form of heat

7.

What two factors are primarily used to describe climate?

a)

temperature and density

b)

temperature and precipitation

c)

precipitation and density

d)

winds and humidity

8.

Places located at high latitude receives less sunlight than places at low latitude.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Heights above the sea levels are called________.

a)

Longitude

b)

altitude

c)

Latitude

10.

What makes higher altitude colder?

a)

less air

b)

less sunlight

c)

less vegetation

d)

less water

11.

During day time which area have cool air?

a)

land

b)

sea

12.

Warm air moves from land to sea and cold air moves from sea to land

a)

land breeze

b)

sea breeze

13.

A dry region that is also called 'the rain shadow'

a)

windward

b)

leeward

14.

what is the movement of the ocean current in the northern hemisphere?

a)

clockwise

b)

counter clockwise

15.

Ocean current that travels from the poles towards the equator carry _________

a)

warm water

b)

cold water