GRADE 9 QUIZ
March 5,2024
I. TRUE OR FALSE
1. Altitude is the height above sea level.
- TRUE
2. Land heats and cools faster than the sea.
- TRUE
3. Warm currents from the equator towards pole carry cold water.
-FALSE, warm water
4. Climate change is the process by which radiation from the sun is
absorbed by greenhouse gases.
- FALSE, Greenhouse effect
5. When fossil fuels are burned, they release large amounts of
carbon dioxide.
- TRUE
6. Greenhouse gases trap heat in our atmosphere causing global
warming.
- TRUE
7. Renewable energy often referred as unclean energy.
- FALSE, clean
8. Throughout its life, a single tree can absorb up to a ton of
carbon dioxide.
- TRUE
9. Temperature decreases as altitude increases.
- TRUE
10. Coastal areas have higher temperatures than inland areas.
- FALSE, Lower
II. IDENTIFICATION
11. A change in the average weather of a given area or region.
- CLIMATE CHANGE
12. General pattern of weather in a certain area over a long period
of time.
- CLIMATE
13. A condition of the atmosphere at a specific place and time.
- WEATHER
14. It is the height above sea level.
- ALTITUDE
15. It is a force exerted by the air.
- AIR PRESSURE
16. The amount of water vapor in the air.
- HUMIDITY
17. Used to measure precipitation
- RAIN GAUGE
18. Movement of air in the atmosphere.
- WIND
19. It is the degrees of hotness or coldness of a place.
- TEMPERATURE
20. Used to measure air pressure.
- BAROMETER