Climate and Weather Quiz

Descripción

How well do you know about climate change? Do you fully understand the impacts of volcanoes on the planet? Discover the answers and much more in this climate and weather quiz that will test your knowledge to the full.
Antonia Blankenberg
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Antonia Blankenberg
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Pregunta 1

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Which of the following is a greenhouse gas?
Respuesta
  • Methane
  • Oxygen
  • Nitrogen
  • Carbon monoxide

Pregunta 2

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[blank_start]Weather[blank_end] is short-term, [blank_start]climate[blank_end] is long-term.
Respuesta
  • climate
  • Weather

Pregunta 3

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The poles receive more concentrated radiation than the equator.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
The ITCZ is only found in the Northern hemisphere.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 5

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Jet streams form at high altitudes.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
How much of the Earth's total heat energy do oceans transport?
Respuesta
  • 20%
  • 50%
  • 10%
  • 30%

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
The strongest currents are on the [blank_start]Western[blank_end] side of continents.
Respuesta
  • Western
  • Eastern
  • Northern
  • Southern

Pregunta 8

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What type of climate does the UK have?
Respuesta
  • Temperate oceanic
  • Warm oceanic
  • Temperate continental
  • Wet oceanic

Pregunta 9

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What direction is the prevailing wind of the UK?
Respuesta
  • Southwest
  • Southeast
  • Northwest
  • Northeast

Pregunta 10

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The UK climate is affected by [blank_start]five[blank_end] air masses.
Respuesta
  • five
  • four
  • six
  • three
  • seven

Pregunta 11

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The UK does not experience droughts.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 12

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Ice cores store oxygen isotopes.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
How many years does the eccentricity cycle take to complete?
Respuesta
  • 41,000
  • 26,000
  • 100,000
  • 97,000

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
Volcanoes have a [blank_start]cooling[blank_end] effect on the climate.
Respuesta
  • cooling
  • warming

Pregunta 15

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Humans are the only cause of climate change.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 16

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How long is the growing season in arid climates?
Respuesta
  • 0 days
  • 50 days
  • 75 days
  • 90 days
  • 25 days

Pregunta 17

Pregunta
How warm must an area of tropical ocean be for a typhoon to form?
Respuesta
  • 16 degrees
  • 23 degrees
  • 27 degrees
  • 32 degrees

Pregunta 18

Pregunta
Hurricanes are measured on the [blank_start]Saffir-Simpson[blank_end] scale.
Respuesta
  • Saffir-Simpson
  • Milankovitch
  • Mercalli
  • Wegener

Pregunta 19

Pregunta
Label the Milankovitch cycles.
Respuesta
  • Eccentricity
  • Precession
  • Axial Tilt

Pregunta 20

Pregunta
Label the features shown on the diagram.
Respuesta
  • Polar Cell
  • Hadley Cell
  • Ferrel Cell
  • Subtropical Jet
  • Polar Jet
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