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Weather and climate

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is ocean 1?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

2.

What is ocean 2?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

3.

Which is ocean 3?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

4.

Which is ocean 4?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

e)

Southern Ocean

5.

Which is ocean 5?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

e)

Atlantic Ocean

6.

Which continent is A?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

e)

Asia

7.

Which is continent B?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Australasia

d)

Africa

e)

Asia

8.

Which is continent C?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Antarctica

d)

Australasia

9.

Which is continent D?

a)

Australasia

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

North America

e)

Europe

10.

Which is continent E?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Antarctica

d)

South America

e)

Africa

11.

Which is continent F?

a)

North America

b)

Australasia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

e)

Antarctica

12.

Which is continent G?

a)

Antarctica

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

e)

Australasia

13.

Where is it warmer in the winter?

a)

On the coast

b)

Inland

14.

Where is it warmer in the summer?

a)

On the coast

b)

Inland

15.

What happens next when water vapour cools down?

a)

It rains

b)

It snows

c)

It condenses into clouds

d)

It evaporates

16.

Which type of rainfall occurs mainly in the summer?

a)

Frontal

b)

Relief

c)

Convectional

17.

Which type of rainfall is caused by air rising over mountains?

a)

Relief

b)

Frontal

c)

Convectional

18.

Which type of rainfall is cause by warm and cold air masses meeting?

a)

Relief

b)

Convectional

c)

Frontal

19.

Why is it hotter at the equator than at the poles?

a)

It is closer to the sun

b)

The sun shines for longer

c)

The suns rays are more focusses

d)

The skies are clear

20.

Which type of air pressure brings rain?

a)

High

b)

Low

21.

Why is the Sahara Desert dry?

a)

Because it is a desert

b)

Because of all the sand

c)

Because it is in a high pressure belt

d)

Because the wells are empty

22.

What is the climate?

a)

The average of the weather measured over 30 years

b)

The rate of global warming

c)

Rain, snow and sleet

d)

How it feels in a room

23.

What is the 'median'?

a)

The average of a set of date

b)

The difference between the biggest and smallest number

c)

The middle number of a set of date

d)

The total of all of the data added together

24.

What is the 'mean'?

a)

The average of the data

b)

The difference between the biggest and smallest number

c)

The middle number of a set of data

d)

All of the data added together

25.

What is the 'range' of a set of data?

a)

The average

b)

The difference between the biggest and smallest number

c)

The middle number of a set of data

d)

All of the numbers added together

26.

Which directions does the UK's prevailing wind come from?

a)

NE

b)

SE

c)

SW

d)

NW

27.

Which side of the UK receives the most rainfall?

a)

West

b)

East

28.

What happens hot and cold air masses meet?

a)

Relief rainfall

b)

The cold air mass is forced to rise

c)

They merge together

d)

The hot air mass is forced to rise

29.

What does the word distribution mean?

a)

How many or how few there are.

b)

How loud or quiet something is.

c)

How high or low something is.

d)

Where something is and if it is spread out or grouped together.