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Weather vs Climate

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Average weather over a long period of time.

a)

Seasons

b)

Climate

c)

El Nino

d)

Global Green House

2.

The current state of the atmosphere right now.

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

c)

Meteorology

d)

Patterns

3.

Day-to-day variation of the atmosphere's condition locally.

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

4.

The variations of weather conditions over long periods of time.

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

5.
The condition of the atmosphere, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and rainfall
a)
climate
b)
weather
c)
trend
d)
season
6.
______ is the average pattern for weather over a long period of time.
a)
climate
b)
weather
c)
forecast
d)
sunlight
7.
Several months during the year that have similar temperatures 
a)
Season
b)
climate
c)
weather
d)
Summer
8.
the amount of water vapor in the air
a)
warm front
b)
precipitation
c)
humidity
d)
air pressure
9.

Climate is the measure of - / El clima es la medida de -

a)

the average weather in a given area over approximately 30 years / el clima promedio en un área determinada durante aproximadamente 30 años

b)

the average weather in a given area over approximately 5 years / el clima promedio en un área determinada durante aproximadamente 5 años

c)

the average weather in a given area during one day / el clima promedio en un área determinada durante un día

d)

the average weather in a given area over approximately 30 days / el clima promedio en un área determinada durante aproximadamente 30 días

10.

The spinning of Earth on its axis in a day is called

a)

perihelion

b)

aphelion

c)

rotation

d)

revolution

11.

The yearlong movement of Earth around the sun is called

a)

aphelion

b)

perihelion

c)

rotation

d)

revolution

12.

It cause unequal heating of the earth that leads to four seasons

a)

rotation

b)

revolution

c)

tilted Earth

d)

solar radiation

13.

What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?

a)

orbit

b)

equator

c)

axis

d)

latitude

14.
Earth's axis is tilted at - 
a)
23.5 degrees
b)
33.5 degrees
c)
28 degrees
d)
90 degrees
15.

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

a)

day and night

b)

a year

c)

the seasons

d)

a month

16.

The sun appears to move across the sky, but this rising and setting motion of the sun is caused by

a)

the planets going around the sun

b)

the earth spinning

c)

the wobble of earth's axis

d)

earth changing orbits

17.

When the part of the world that you're living in is leaning away from the Sun, its _____

a)

winter

b)

spring

c)

summer

d)

autumn

18.

When the part of the world that you're living in is leaning towards the Sun, its _____

a)

winter

b)

spring

c)

summer

d)

fall

19.

How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?

a)

one day

b)

one week

c)

one month

d)

one year

20.

Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every-

a)

month

b)

24 hours

c)

year

d)

12 hours

21.

What causes day and night cycles?

a)

Mars

b)

seasons

c)

Earth's rotation

d)

moon phases

22.

What does the tilt of the earth cause?

a)

heating

b)

seasons

c)

years

d)

atmosphere

23.

When humans change their environment to make it better and easier to live in, it is called -

a)

adaptation

b)

modification

c)

Living their best life

d)

depending

24.

When humans change themselves to survive in the environment, it is called -

a)

adaptation

b)

modification

c)

Interaction

d)

depending

25.

This picture is an example of...

a)

Adaptation

b)

Modification

26.

This is a tornado shelter built by people prone to tornados in their area. They added this feature onto their house to survive tornadoes. This would be a ___.

a)

Human adaptation

b)

Human Modification

c)

Smart thing

d)

None of the above

27.

Building homes on stilts is one way that people living near water ____ their environment.

a)

adapt to

b)

modify

c)

depend on

28.

Building dams, roads and tunnels are examples of...

a)

depending

b)

adapting

c)

modifying

29.

Golden Gate Bridge- The Golden Gate Bridge was constructed to connect San Francisco, CA to Marin County, CA. The concrete beams were built into the bay and hundreds of tons of steel was used. When completed, traveling was much easier for the citizens.

a)

Human Adaptation

b)

Human Modification

30.

Shemegh Face Scarfs- Sandstorms are frequent and those who lived on the outskirts of the desert have to deal with the high winds and dangerous sands. To prevent injury to the eyes and face, people wear Shemegh Scarfs to cover their faces and eyes as they traveled in the desert and outside of their homes.

a)

Human Adaptation

b)

Human Modification