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Site climate

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The climate of a site as influenced by elevation, aspect, slope or distances from large bodies of water

a)

Macro climate

b)

Micro climate

c)

Meso climate

2.

What are the local factors that influence site climate

a)

Temperature

b)

Topography

c)

Ground surface

d)

Three-dimensional object

3.

Site climate imply any local deviation from the climate of a larger area

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The first task of the designer is to identify the area most suitable for

habitation

a)

False

b)

True

5.

The temperature starts increasing with height rather than decreasing. This is called

a)

 temperature reflection

b)

 temperature inversion

c)

 temperature deflection

d)

 temperature degradation

6.

Three-dimensional objects affecting micro climate includes

a)

trees, or tree-belts

b)

buildings

c)

All the above

d)

soil layers

7.

Heat exchange at surfaces varies

a)

between night and day

b)

with the season, latitude

c)

by the amount of cloud cover.

d)

All the above

8.

The climate of a very small or restricted area, especially when this differs from the climate of the surrounding area.

a)

Micro climate

b)

Macro climate

c)

Meso climate

9.

The macro and micro climate has a very important effect ___ of buildings, both in the heating season and in summer

a)

electrical performance

b)

environmental performance

c)

structural performance

d)

energy performance

10.

Factors affecting macro climate includes

a)

amount of total solar radiation

b)

none of the above

c)

three dimensional objects

d)

temperature difference

11.

Buildings themselves create micro-climates by ,

a)

shading the ground

b)

changing wind flow patterns

c)

none of the above

d)

changing the temperature

12.

The presence of local high rise buildings can ___the wind speed at ground level

a)

accelerate

b)

degrade

c)

doesn't make any change to

d)

allow

13.

Under normal conditions, ___usually decreases with increase in altitude

a)

wind

b)

topography

c)

radiation

d)

none of the above

14.

During a temperature inversion, ___, creating a pocket of stagnated air close to the Earth’s surface

a)

cold air is trapped beneath buildings

b)

warm air is trapped beneath buildings

c)

cold air is trapped beneath warm air

15.

Favourable Conditions for Temperature Inversion

a)

Long Summer nights

b)

Slow movement of air

c)

fast movement of air

d)

Cloudy sky

16.

During the day, as the lowest layer of air is being heated by the ground surface, its RH ___

a)

is rapidly decreased

b)

is rapidly increased

c)

remains constant

d)

as same as AH

17.

When the dew-point temperature is reached the formation of ___ will start

a)

rain

b)

fog

c)

smoke

d)

none of the above

18.

Higher rate of evaporation leads to increase in ___

a)

Radiation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Absolute Humidity

d)

Realtive humidity

19.

At ground level RH is lower, what happens to RH at 2m height

a)

lower

b)

higher

c)

remains constant

20.

Temperature inversion determines the ___

a)

all the above

b)

precipitation

c)

forms of clouds

d)

causes frost