Climate/weather
True or False
Climate and weather are the same.
False
What zone is cold with lots of snow during the winter time?
Polar zone
What climate zone has many different seasons?
Temperate Zone
What climate is hot and receives sunlight year round?
Tropical Climate
What causes the different climate zones?
a. Earths atmosphere
b. Earths tilt of the axis
c. Earths round shape
B. Earths tilt of the axis
a. North pole
b. South pole
c. Northern Hemisphere
b. South pole
DOUBLE POINTS!
What is the main feature of a temperate zone?
A. It is the largest climate zone
B. It is always cold
C. It has dramatically different seasons
C. It has dramatically different seasons
What is just north and south of the tropics?
a. Subtropics
b. North pole
c. South pole
d. Ocean
a. Subtropics
DOUBLE POINTS!
What are the 3 major Climate zones?
Polar Zone, Temperate Zone, Tropic Zone
During the summer which pole gets 24 hours of sunlight?
a. North Pole
b. South pole
c. North American pole
a. North pole
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun do they receive more or less hours of daylight?
More hours of daylight
True or False
Weather in the tropics does not change year round.
False
What causes earth's seasons?
A. earth leaning towards the sun and away from the sun as it turns
b. the earth moving around the sun
c. The different climate zones
A. Earth leaning towards the sun and away from the sun as it turns
DOUBLE POINTS
Where are the Earths poles located on the globe?
At the top and bottom of the globe
What season does the Northern hemisphere get a lot of sunlight?
a. Fall
b. Winter
c. Spring
d. Summer
D. Summer
What continent may be in the tropics?
a. All of North America
b. Australia
c. Some of South America
c. Some of South America
When we experience summer do you think the earths axis is leaning towards the sun or is it leaning away?
Leaning towards the sun
What do most animals do when it is winter time in the poles?
Hibernate and store food and grow thick fur
What season do you think the Northern hemisphere has longer nights?
Winter
DOUBLE POINTS!
What is the imaginary line that runs through the tropics?
Equator