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Weather and Climate
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Prior knowledge quiz on weather and climate
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1
What natural factor does not influence the world's climate?
Latitude
Fossil Fuels
Mountain Ranges
Ocean Currents
2
What is the world's largest desert?
Arabian
Gobi
Sahara
Antarctica
3
What are the two main causes of weather?
Sun and moon
Moon and tides
Heat and land
Water vapour and sun
4
Which of these is not like the others?
Cyclone
Hurricane
Typoon
Tornado
5
What does a large H on a weather map mean?
High Pressure
Heat
High Temperature
Hot
6
What is a haboob?
Frost
Tornado
Sandstorm
Drought
7
What is not needed to produce a hurricane?
Spin of the earth
Land
Warm water
Heat from the sun
8
What is the line on a weather chart which joins points of equal pressure?
Thermograph
Barometer
Isobar
Contour Lines
9
What are monsoons?
Clouds
Winds
Rain
Storms
10
Which of these is climate?
Hurricane
Snow
Sunny
Wet Season
11
What scale measures the strength of wind at a certain place?
Gust Scale
Richter Scale
Mercalli Scale
Beaufort Scale
12
What common term refers to the amount of water vapour that is held in the air?
Precipitation
Humidity
Steam
Rain
13
What would the climate typically be like at the equator?
Windy and wet
Windy and hot
Hot and dry
Wet and hot
14
What is the official highest temperature in degrees celcius ever recorded on earth?
58.1
56.7
60.6
62.7
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Which of these is NOT weather?
Wind
Rain
Drought
Lightning
