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WorksheetsSite climate
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
The climate of a site as influenced by elevation, aspect, slope or distances from large bodies of water
Macro climate
Micro climate
Meso climate
What are the local factors that influence site climate
Temperature
Topography
Ground surface
Three-dimensional object
Site climate imply any local deviation from the climate of a larger area
True
False
The first task of the designer is to identify the area most suitable for
habitation
False
True
The temperature starts increasing with height rather than decreasing. This is called
temperature reflection
temperature inversion
temperature deflection
temperature degradation
Three-dimensional objects affecting micro climate includes
trees, or tree-belts
buildings
All the above
soil layers
Heat exchange at surfaces varies
between night and day
with the season, latitude
by the amount of cloud cover.
All the above
The climate of a very small or restricted area, especially when this differs from the climate of the surrounding area.
Micro climate
Macro climate
Meso climate
The macro and micro climate has a very important effect ___ of buildings, both in the heating season and in summer
electrical performance
environmental performance
structural performance
energy performance
Factors affecting macro climate includes
amount of total solar radiation
none of the above
three dimensional objects
temperature difference
Buildings themselves create micro-climates by ,
shading the ground
changing wind flow patterns
none of the above
changing the temperature
The presence of local high rise buildings can ___the wind speed at ground level
accelerate
degrade
doesn't make any change to
allow
Under normal conditions, ___usually decreases with increase in altitude
wind
topography
radiation
none of the above
During a temperature inversion, ___, creating a pocket of stagnated air close to the Earth’s surface
cold air is trapped beneath buildings
warm air is trapped beneath buildings
cold air is trapped beneath warm air
Favourable Conditions for Temperature Inversion
Long Summer nights
Slow movement of air
fast movement of air
Cloudy sky
During the day, as the lowest layer of air is being heated by the ground surface, its RH ___
is rapidly decreased
is rapidly increased
remains constant
as same as AH
When the dew-point temperature is reached the formation of ___ will start
rain
fog
smoke
none of the above
Higher rate of evaporation leads to increase in ___
Radiation
Precipitation
Absolute Humidity
Realtive humidity
At ground level RH is lower, what happens to RH at 2m height
lower
higher
remains constant
Temperature inversion determines the ___
all the above
precipitation
forms of clouds
causes frost
