Climate Quiz

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By how much has the temperature on Earth risen since the second half of the 19th century?

By 5°C

By 10°C

By 1.2°C

By 2°C

2 / 10

Since the middle of the 19th century the air temperature on Earth

Has risen

Has not changed

Rose sharply and then fell again

Has fallen

3 / 10

Climate is:

The state of the weather in the course of a week

What old people remember about weather patterns, weather lore

A feature of the weather specifying the frequency of precipitation

The weather pattern in a particular territory over a period of many years

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Which climate zone is characterized by high air temperature and much precipitation, falling evenly through the year?

Sub-tropical

Equatorial

Sub-equatorial

Tropical

5 / 10

What is the climate of Barcelona?

Sub-tropical

Temperate

Tropical

Equatorial

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Which of these methods do scientists use to find out about the climate on Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago?

Study of meteorological data

Study of tree rings

Study of bubbles in Arctic ice

Study of satellite images

7 / 10

Where is climate warming happening the fastest?

In tropical latitudes

In the southern hemisphere

In the Arctic

In Southern Europe

8 / 10

What does paleoclimatology study?

Mountain climates

Climate in the future

Climate change that is happening today as a result of human activity

Climate in the past

9 / 10

What climate does this describe: ‘The average temperature in summer is +30 °С and in winter +20 °С, there is much precipitation, but most of it occurs in the summer’?

Tropical

Sub-tropical

Sub-equatorial

Equatorial

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The layer of air which envelops Earth is called:

The hydrosphere

The atmosphere

The lithosphere

The cryosphere

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