Weather and Climate
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- Q1
Are the day-to-day conditions of a place an example of weather or climate?
Climate
Weather
30s - Q2
Someone says that it is unusually hot today. Is this an example of weather or climate?
weather
climate
30s - Q3
Are melting ice caps and rising sea levels a change in climate or weather?
climate
weather
30s - Q4
Water falling from the sky in the form of droplets is called precipitation.
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q5
Which of the following is not a climate zone of the world?
polar
stormy
hot
temperate
30s - Q6
Climate can change over the course of many years. Impacting factors include:
none of the above
human activities
natural factors
human activities & natural factors
30s - Q7
Which climate zone is present along the equator?
tropical (hot)
temperate
polar
30s - Q8
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a dry climate?
hot days and cool nights
little precipitation
year-round precipitation
high evaporation
30s - Q9
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a polar climate?
very cold summers
high precipitation
on high mountains
30s - Q10
Weather is an atmospheric situation that occurs at a given moment in a specific place.
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q11
Climate is the long-term pattern of weather in a particular place.
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q12
How is Antarctica's climate different to Australia's climate?
Users enter free textType an Answer60s - Q13
Why does Australia have multiple climate types?
Users enter free textType an Answer60s - Q14
Why is there a concern about climate change?
Users enter free textType an Answer60s