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Types of Climates

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is climate?

a)

What's going on with the atmosphere at any particular time.

b)

The type of weather that occurs during a particular season.

c)

An area's pattern of weather over a long period of time.

d)

How much sunshine an area gets.

2.

Why are tropical climates so hot?

a)

Because there is very little rain

b)

Because they receive more direct sunlight than other areas.

c)

Because there is not much vegetation in tropical areas.

d)

Because there are more hours of daylight in tropical areas than in any other area.

3.

What can you infer about arid climates from their name?

a)

They receive very little rainfall

b)

They receive very little direct sunlight

c)

Their temperature varies with the seasons

d)

Humans cannot live there

4.

Which of the following is a true statement about temperate climates?

a)

They often have very cold winters

b)

They often have very warm summers

c)

They often receive less than 25 cm of rainfall per year

d)

They are usually completely uninhabited

5.

If you wanted to live in a temperate climate, where could you move?

a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Indonesia

c)

Antarctica

d)

California

6.

Which climate has very cold temperatures all year?

a)

Temperate

b)

Tropical

c)

Polar

d)

Mediterranean

7.

A tropical climate has _____________ rainfall.

a)

significant

b)

very little

c)

cold

8.

What kind of climate is shown in this picture?

a)

tropical

b)

temperate

c)

desert

9.

What kind of winters does a Mediterranean climate have?

a)

warm, dry

b)

cool, wet

c)

sunny, cold

10.

Which climate has very little rainfall?

a)

desert

b)

temperate

c)

tropical

11.

What type of climate is this?

a)

desert

b)

mountain

c)

tropical

d)

temperate

12.

Penguins live in a polar climate?

a)

true

b)

false

13.

There are only two different types of climates found on Earth: tropical and desert

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Climates change very slowly, over hundreds or thousands of years.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Climatologists get clues about the climate of the past by studying what? There is more than one answer.

a)

Rocks

b)

Fossils

c)

TikTok

d)

Dinosaurs

16.

True or False: Climate on Earth never changes

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Earth is currently experiencing

a)

a warming trend

b)

a period of unchanging climate

c)

a cooling trend

d)

an ice age

18.

A tropical Wet climate is also called a rainforest climate

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

5. Tropical climate regions are located near the poles.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

6. Tropical rainforests are warm and wet year-round.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE