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Weather and climate zones

3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.3-ESS2-2 · England: KS2 Geography links, KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere (climate)

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Question 1
What type of climate does the Amazon rainforest have?
- A. polar
- B. tropical
- C. desert (arid)
- D. temperate
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Question 2
What is the difference between weather and climate?
- A. Climate is only about rain
- B. They mean the same
- C. Weather lasts for years; climate changes every hour
- D. Weather is day-to-day conditions; climate is the average pattern over many years
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Question 3
Climate: which statement is NOT true?
- A. One cold day proves the climate is getting colder.
- B. Places near the equator are usually hot all year.
- C. Climate is the typical weather of a place over many years.
- D. Deserts can be very cold at night.
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Question 4
What type of climate does northern Greenland have?
- A. polar
- B. tropical
- C. desert (arid)
- D. temperate
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Question 5
Which sentence describes climate, not weather?
- A. It was windy yesterday
- B. It is raining in London today
- C. There will be a storm tonight
- D. Spain usually has hot, dry summers
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Question 6
Climate: which statement is NOT true?
- A. All deserts are hot.
- B. Places near the equator are usually hot all year.
- C. Climate is the typical weather of a place over many years.
- D. Deserts can be very cold at night.
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Question 7
What type of climate does northern Greenland have?
- A. polar
- B. tropical
- C. desert (arid)
- D. temperate
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Question 8
Which sentence describes climate, not weather?
- A. It was windy yesterday
- B. Spain usually has hot, dry summers
- C. It is raining in London today
- D. There will be a storm tonight
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Question 9
Climate: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Climate is the typical weather of a place over many years.
- B. Places near the equator are usually hot all year.
- C. It is hotter at the equator because it is closer to the Sun.
- D. Weather can change from day to day.
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Question 10
What type of climate does northern Greenland have?
- A. polar
- B. tropical
- C. desert (arid)
- D. temperate
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Question 11
Which place is likely to have the coldest winters?
- A. Singapore
- B. the Amazon
- C. the Sahara
- D. northern Canada
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Question 12
Climate: which statement is NOT true?
- A. One cold day proves the climate is getting colder.
- B. Places near the equator are usually hot all year.
- C. Weather can change from day to day.
- D. Climate is the typical weather of a place over many years.
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Question 13
What type of climate does Antarctica have?
- A. polar
- B. tropical
- C. desert (arid)
- D. temperate
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Question 14
Which place is likely to have the coldest winters?
- A. northern Canada
- B. the Amazon
- C. the Sahara
- D. Singapore
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Question 15
Climate: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Places near the equator are usually hot all year.
- B. Climate is the typical weather of a place over many years.
- C. Weather can change from day to day.
- D. It is hotter at the equator because it is closer to the Sun.
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Question 16
What type of climate does New Zealand have?
- A. polar
- B. tropical
- C. desert (arid)
- D. temperate

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Answer key: Weather and climate zones

1. B. tropical
2. D. Weather is day-to-day conditions; climate is the average pattern over many years
3. A. One cold day proves the climate is getting colder.
4. A. polar
5. D. Spain usually has hot, dry summers
6. A. All deserts are hot.
7. A. polar
8. B. Spain usually has hot, dry summers
9. C. It is hotter at the equator because it is closer to the Sun.
10. A. polar
11. D. northern Canada
12. A. One cold day proves the climate is getting colder.
13. A. polar
14. A. northern Canada
15. D. It is hotter at the equator because it is closer to the Sun.
16. D. temperate