WorksheetsTypes of Climates
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is climate?
What's going on with the atmosphere at any particular time.
The type of weather that occurs during a particular season.
An area's pattern of weather over a long period of time.
How much sunshine an area gets.
Why are tropical climates so hot?
Because there is very little rain
Because they receive more direct sunlight than other areas.
Because there is not much vegetation in tropical areas.
Because there are more hours of daylight in tropical areas than in any other area.
What can you infer about arid climates from their name?
They receive very little rainfall
They receive very little direct sunlight
Their temperature varies with the seasons
Humans cannot live there
Which of the following is a true statement about temperate climates?
They often have very cold winters
They often have very warm summers
They often receive less than 25 cm of rainfall per year
They are usually completely uninhabited
If you wanted to live in a temperate climate, where could you move?
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
Antarctica
California
Which climate has very cold temperatures all year?
Temperate
Tropical
Polar
Mediterranean
A tropical climate has _____________ rainfall.
significant
very little
cold
What kind of climate is shown in this picture?
tropical
temperate
desert
What kind of winters does a Mediterranean climate have?
warm, dry
cool, wet
sunny, cold
Which climate has very little rainfall?
desert
temperate
tropical
What type of climate is this?
desert
mountain
tropical
temperate
Penguins live in a polar climate?
true
false
There are only two different types of climates found on Earth: tropical and desert
True
False
Climates change very slowly, over hundreds or thousands of years.
True
False
Climatologists get clues about the climate of the past by studying what? There is more than one answer.
Rocks
Fossils
TikTok
Dinosaurs
True or False: Climate on Earth never changes
True
False
Earth is currently experiencing
a warming trend
a period of unchanging climate
a cooling trend
an ice age
A tropical Wet climate is also called a rainforest climate
TRUE
FALSE
5. Tropical climate regions are located near the poles.
TRUE
FALSE
6. Tropical rainforests are warm and wet year-round.
TRUE
FALSE
