Climate and Weather

Question 1

What is the Coriolis Effect?

Accepted Answer

Wind and water direction change

Question 2

What is the study of weather called?

Accepted Answer

Meteorology

Question 3

What is the study of climate called?

Accepted Answer

Climatology

Question 4

How many sub climate zones are there?

Accepted Answer

Twelve

Question 5

What is the Earth's axis tilt?

Accepted Answer

23.5 degrees

Question 6

True or false: The prime meridian is at 0° latitude.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

True or false: Weather is reported as averages.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

What is the main reason coastal areas have milder temperatures?

Accepted Answer

Water has high heat capacity

Question 9

What is the line at 0° longitude?

Accepted Answer

Prime Meridian

Question 10

What are the five major climate zones?

Accepted Answer

Polar, continental, temperate, dry, tropical

Question 11

What are the six wind belts?

Accepted Answer

Polar easterlies, westerlies, trade winds

Question 12

What are density currents?

Accepted Answer

Currents along ocean floor

Question 13

What causes surface currents?

Accepted Answer

Friction with wind

Question 14

What are gyres?

Accepted Answer

Circular ocean patterns

Question 15

Which factor affects climate the most?

Accepted Answer

Latitude

Question 16

Which way do latitude lines run?

Accepted Answer

Side to side

Question 17

What affects ocean currents?

Accepted Answer

Temperature, Tectonic plates

Question 18

True or false: The Coriolis Effect causes water to move straight down at the equator.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

True or false: Climate changes daily.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

What are ocean currents caused by?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 21

True or false: Latitude lines run up and down.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

Which direction do winds and water move in the Northern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Clockwise

Question 23

What is the process of heat transfer through waves?

Accepted Answer

Radiation

Question 24

How many wind belts are there?

Accepted Answer

Six

Question 25

How do altitude and climate relate?

Accepted Answer

Higher altitude = colder

Question 26

What is the global conveyor belt?

Accepted Answer

Cycle of ocean currents

Question 27

True or false: Higher altitudes are warmer.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

True or false: Weather is the long-term average of atmospheric conditions.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

True or false: Ocean currents are only affected by wind.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Which climate zone is the hottest?

Accepted Answer

Tropical

Question 31

True or false: Climate is reported as averages.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

True or false: Ocean currents are caused by wind.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

True or false: Higher latitudes receive more solar energy.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

True or false: Land heats and cools faster than water.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

True or false: Coastal areas have a wider temperature range than inland areas.

Accepted Answer

False

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