Global winds, ocean currents and climate zones
8th grade (Year 9 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-ESS2-6 · England: KS3 Geography: Weather and climate, KS3 Physics: Energy (convection)
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Question 1
Why do coastal places have smaller temperature ranges than inland places?
- A. Coasts get less sunlight
- B. Water heats up and cools down more slowly than land
- C. Wind never blows at the coast
- D. The sea is always cold
Question 2
Which climate zone is this place in: Greenland's ice sheet?
- A. tropical
- B. temperate
- C. polar
Question 3
Global climate: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Mountains can cause heavy rain on one side and dry conditions on the other (a rain shadow).
- B. Warm air rises and cooler air sinks.
- C. Earth's rotation deflects winds (the Coriolis effect).
- D. Winds blow from low pressure to high pressure.
Question 4
Why is it warmer at the equator than at the poles?
- A. The equator has more oceans
- B. Sunlight hits the equator more directly, concentrating energy on a smaller area
- C. The poles have no sunlight ever
- D. The equator is closer to the Sun by thousands of km
Question 5
Which climate zone is this place in: Antarctica?
- A. tropical
- B. temperate
- C. polar
Question 6
Global climate: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Ocean currents only move water, not heat.
- B. Ocean currents move heat around the planet.
- C. Mountains can cause heavy rain on one side and dry conditions on the other (a rain shadow).
- D. Warm air rises and cooler air sinks.
Question 7
Why do coastal places have smaller temperature ranges than inland places?
- A. Coasts get less sunlight
- B. Wind never blows at the coast
- C. Water heats up and cools down more slowly than land
- D. The sea is always cold
Question 8
Which climate zone is this place in: the Congo basin?
- A. tropical
- B. temperate
- C. polar
Question 9
Global climate: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Winds blow from low pressure to high pressure.
- B. Earth's rotation deflects winds (the Coriolis effect).
- C. Ocean currents move heat around the planet.
- D. Mountains can cause heavy rain on one side and dry conditions on the other (a rain shadow).
Question 10
Why is it warmer at the equator than at the poles?
- A. The equator is closer to the Sun by thousands of km
- B. The poles have no sunlight ever
- C. The equator has more oceans
- D. Sunlight hits the equator more directly, concentrating energy on a smaller area
Question 11
Which climate zone is this place in: the Amazon rainforest?
- A. tropical
- B. temperate
- C. polar
Question 12
Global climate: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Earth's rotation deflects winds (the Coriolis effect).
- B. Warm air rises and cooler air sinks.
- C. Winds blow from low pressure to high pressure.
- D. Ocean currents move heat around the planet.
Question 13
What causes global wind patterns such as the trade winds?
- A. Ocean waves push the air
- B. Uneven heating of Earth makes air rise at the equator and sink elsewhere, and Earth's spin bends the winds
- C. The Moon pulls the air
- D. Mountains blow the air
Question 14
Which climate zone is this place in: Antarctica?
- A. tropical
- B. temperate
- C. polar
Question 15
Global climate: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Warm air rises and cooler air sinks.
- B. Ocean currents move heat around the planet.
- C. Winds blow from low pressure to high pressure.
- D. Mountains can cause heavy rain on one side and dry conditions on the other (a rain shadow).
Question 16
Why do coastal places have smaller temperature ranges than inland places?
- A. The sea is always cold
- B. Water heats up and cools down more slowly than land
- C. Coasts get less sunlight
- D. Wind never blows at the coast
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