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Climate and Weather Unit 1

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Highland

a)

Temperate evergreen forest

b)

Mixed forest: 4 distinct seasons, rain varys

c)

Forest to Tundra veg, depending on elevation

d)

no vegetation

2.

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Ice Cap

a)

Rain forest

b)

scrubs woodlands and grasslands

c)

permafrost bogs

d)

no vegetation, snow

3.

Which number is the Pacific Ocean?

a)

7

b)

1

c)

3

d)

6

4.

True or False:

The land at the tip of southern Florida is swampy and covered with tall grasses

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Tundra

a)

Moss, Lichens, Permafrost bogs

b)

grassland few trees

c)

northern evergreen forest

d)

tropical scattered trees

6.

  Which region is the political and financial center and most industrialized region of the U.S.?

a)

NorthEast

b)

MidWest

c)

SouthEast

d)

West

7.

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Subarctic

a)

northern evergreen forest, extreme temperatures

b)

dry sunny warm, grasslands

c)

varied temperatures tundra vegetation

d)

mixed forest

8.

Q. 

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Humid Continental

a)

Mixed forest, distinct seasons

b)

Evergreen forest

c)

woodland and grassland

d)

rain forest

9.

What is the geographical feature labeled E

a)

Cascade Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Blue Ridge Mountains

10.

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Marine West Coast

a)

Temperate evergreen forest

b)

No vegetation

c)

Barren rocky planes

d)

Scrub woodlands

11.

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Humid Subtropical

a)

mixed forest

b)

dry sunny warm

c)

permafrost bogs

d)

Drought resistant

12.

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Mediterranean

a)

Scrub woodlands, warm summers and mild winters

b)

freezing cold, ice year round

c)

warm all year round, tropical

d)

four distinct seasons

13.

Identify/Name Letter D

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

St. Lawrence River

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Atlantic Ocean

14.

The states of Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio make up which “belt?”

a)

Dairy


b)

  Corn


c)

Silicon Valley


d)

Wheat


15.

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Semiarid

a)

Grassland, few trees

b)

barren sandy dry areas

c)

warm wet rainy all year round

d)

evergreen forest

16.

Which Number represents Hudson Bay

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

17.

This area of the Western region of the U.S. is located south of San Francisco and is the country’s leading center of computer technology.

a)

Wheat Belt

b)

  Silicon Valley

c)

NAFTA

d)

  Rocky Mountains

18.

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Arid

a)

Sparse drought, sandy areas

b)

few trees desert temperatures

c)

four distinct seasons

d)

forest to tundra

19.

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Tropical wet and dry

a)

tropical grassland, scattered trees

b)

permafrost bogs, cold all year

c)

extremes of temperatures

d)

mixed forest, humid summers

20.

Match the Climate region with the Vegetation description.

Climate: Tropical Humid

a)

tropical rainforest

b)

warm all year, scattered trees

c)

cloudy summers and rainy winters

d)

extremes of temperatures

21.

Which Letter represents the Gulf of Mexico

a)

J

b)

C

c)

M

d)

F

22.

True or False:

Every climate type except an ice cap climate can be found in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or False:

The northeastern United States and parts of southern and southeastern Canada have a marine west coast climate.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

In both the United States and Canada, only about--------- percent of the population farms.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

25.

Identify/ name Letter A

a)

Ohio River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Rio Grande River

d)

Mississippi River

26.

The United States has about -------percent of the world’s coal reserves and is a major coal exporter.

a)

21

b)

22

c)

24

d)

25

27.

Which city and surrounding area is the largest metropolitan area in the U.S.?

a)

Dallas-Ft. Worth

b)

San Diego

c)

  New Orleans

d)

    New York City

28.

Which of the following is the capital of Canada?

a)


Toronto

b)

Vancouver

c)

Ottawa

d)

Montreal

29.

What letter Represents the Rocky Mountains?

a)

I

b)

K

c)

G

d)

H