Name __________________________________________________ Period _____________ Date ___________________
Ch. 17 Climate Test
Look at the diagram below. Use this diagram to help you answer question 1.
1. At Point B in the above diagram, what season are people in Georgia experiencing?
A. Winter
B. Spring
C. Summer
D. Fall
2. Which one of the following is the greatest influence on the temperature of a land region?
A. Amount of sand in the soil
B. Amount of daily cloud cover
C. Amount of energy received from the Sun
D. Distance from an ocean or other large body of water
3. What is main factor that contributes to seasons occurring in Georgia?
A. The revolution of the moon around the Earth
B. The tilt of the Earth on its axis
C. The rising and the falling of ocean tides
D. The distance of the Earth from the Sun
4. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas on Earth’s atmosphere?
A. helium
B. carbon dioxide
C. hydrogen
D. oxygen
5. During which of the following is the eastern Pacific warmer than normal.
A. El Niño
B. La Niña
C. spring
D. summer
6. Which latitude receives the most direct rays of the Sun year-round?
A. 60˚N
B. 70˚N
C. 0˚
D. 90˚S
7. What do changes in Earth’s orbit effect?
A. Earth’s shape
B. Earth’s tilt
C. Earth’s climate
D. Earth’s rotation
8. Which of these can people do to help reduce global warming?
A. burn coal
B. remove trees
C. produce methane
D. conserve energy
9. What would you most likely find on the leeward side of a mountain range?
A. oceans
B. deserts
C. lakes
D. rain forests
10. What is the most likely reason the air temperature is the warmest at the tropical latitudes?
A. These latitudes receive the most direct sunlight and are the closest to the equator
B. These latitudes receive the most direct sunlight and are the farthest from the equator
C. These latitudes receive the least amount of sunlight and are closest to the equator
D. These latitudes receive the least amount of sunlight and are the farthest from the equator
11. Mild temperatures are characteristics of which type of climate zone?
A. the polar zones
B. areas at low altitudes
C. tropic zone
D. temperate zones
12. Many scientists think corals in coral reefs are dying due to
A. changes in Earth’s orbit
B. global warming
C. volcanic eruptions
D. CFC’s
13. Climate is determined by averaging ____________ over a long period of time.
A. tides
B. information related to weather
C. ice ages
D. latitudes
14. The difference between weather and climate is that _________________.
A. weather occurs outside and climate does not
B. weather occurs over long period of time and climate occurs daily
C. Climate occurs over a long period of time and weather occurs daily
D. Climate includes precipitation change and weather includes the change in seasons
Use the map below to answer questions 15
____15. The map above is an example of a(n) ___________________.
A. station model
C. isotherm map
B. isobar map
D. elevation map
Use the map below to answer questions 16 and 17
____16. The type of map represented above is an example of a(n) ____________________.
A. station model
C. isotherm map
B. isobar map
D. elevation map
____17. In the map above, South Georgia has a(n) ________________ moving in bringing lots of rain.
A. cold front
C. stationary front
B. warm front
D. occluded front
Match the following definitions to the correct term below. Not all the terms will be used!
_____ 18. The pattern of weather in a region that occurs over a long period of time
_____ 19. The natural heating process of Earth caused by gases trapping heat in the atmosphere
_____ 20. The location that is known for its warm and rainy climate
_____ 21. The rise in the average global surface temperature
_____ 22. The destroying and cutting down of trees
_____ 23. Short periods of climatic changes caused by the change in the amount of solar radiation in an area
And is due to the tile of Earth on its axis
A. Climate
B. Deforestation
C. El Niño
D. La Niña
E. Global warming
F. Greenhouse effect
G. Seasons
H. Tropics
For numbers 24-29, list, in any order, the 6 types of climates that occur in North America
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30. Constructed Response
Draw a Venn diagram below comparing and contrasting Weather and Climate. List 2 facts about weather, 2
facts about climate, and 2 facts they both have in common. (They must be facts we have learned about during
class)