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Earth Science - Weather and Climate

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Cirro is what type of cloud?

a)

high level

b)

mid level

c)

low level

d)

precipitation clouds

2.

What is the main reason that we have 4 seasons?

a)

Earth's rotation

b)

Earth's tilt on its axis

c)

Earth's revolution around the Sun

d)

The Moon's revolution around the Earth

3.

Above the Arctic circle, how many hours of sunlight do they have at the summer solstice (June 21)?

a)

12

b)

0

c)

16

d)

24

4.

Which of the following items does not measure wind direction?

a)

Wind sock

b)

Anemometer

c)

Beaufort scale

d)

weather vane

5.

True or false - the North Pole is colder than the South Pole.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

What type of clouds are wispy like feathers and are high in the atmosphere?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Nimbostratus

c)

Cumulous

d)

Altostratus

7.

True or false - cumulonimbus clouds are storm clouds that can also create tornados.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

How is hail formed?

a)

When rain falls.

b)

When it rains cats and dogs.

c)

When rain gets circulated in large storm clouds.

d)

When it is cold outside.

9.

True or false: snow is ice crystals.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

True or false - the temperature of the air drops as you get higher in elevation.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Why is it warmer at the Equator than at the poles?

a)

Because it feels like it.

b)

Because the sun's rays hit more directly at the Equator.

c)

Because penguins like the cold.

d)

Because warmer weather attracts the sun's rays.

12.

True or false: when it is summer at the north pole it is also summer at the south pole.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

Why is the ice forming later in the fall and melting earlier in the spring in the Arctic?

a)

because of climate change and warming temperatures

b)

because baby its cold outside

c)

because it doesn't feel like it

d)

because salt water doesn't freeze

14.

What is climate change?

a)

when climate changes its clothes

b)

a change in the usual weather patterns in region

c)

when you travel to a hot place from a cold place

d)

when the weather changes quickly

15.

Which of the following stories is about a creature trying to save a local forest?

a)

Green Eggs and Ham

b)

Oh the places you'll go

c)

The Lorax

d)

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

16.

True or false: Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist wanting people to take immediate action against climate change.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

How is weather different from climate?

a)

weather is day to day changes in temperature and weather

b)

weather is what is outside

c)

weather is the rain in Spain falling on the plain

d)

weather is always the same

18.

What is not an effect of climate change?

a)

rising sea levels

b)

less sea ice in polar regions

c)

more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

d)

extreme weather events

19.

True or false: the greenhouse effect cools the Earth.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

Can we plant trees to help fight climate change?

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

maybe

21.

Choose the answer that is not a way to fight climate change.

a)

reducing carbon dioxide

b)

using less fossil fuels

c)

using less electricity produced by fossil fuels

d)

deforestation

22.

True or false - forests store lots of carbon dioxide.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

Which forms of energy do not emit carbon dioxide? Check all that are correct.

a)

solar

b)

coal

c)

wind

d)

water

24.

True or false - you can reduce carbon dioxide by walking or riding a bike rather than driving a car.

a)

true

b)

false

25.

Yes or no - plants can help us fight climate change.

a)

yes

b)

no