QUIZ ON FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE

Subject Area: Science 9 (Earth Science)

Name: _____________________ Score: ____________

Grade & Section: _____________ Date: _____________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Read and understand each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct
answer.
Note: Write your answer using CAPITAL LETTER.
_______ 1. It refers to the irregular is known to be the frozen part of the
warming of surface water in the Pacific? Earth?
A. El Niño A. Atmosphere
B. La Niña B. Cryosphere
C. Climate Change C. Hydrosphere
D. Global Warming D. Lithosphere
_______ 2. It is any systematic change in _______ 6. What part of the Earth gets
the long-term statistics of climate variables the most direct sunlight?
such as temperature, precipitation,
pressure, or wind sustained over several A. Equator
decades or longer? B. East Pole
C. South Pole
A. El Niño D. West Pole
B. La Niña
C. Climate Change _______ 7. According to World
D. Global Warming Meteorological Organization (WMO), the
classical period used for describing a
_______ 3. Which of the following gases climate is _______?
has the greatest percentage in the
atmosphere? A. 5 years
B. 15 years
A. Neon C. 20 years
B. Oxygen D. 30 years
C. Nitrogen
D. Carbon Dioxide _______ 8. What large amount of gas is
being released when fossil fuels are
_______ 4. What do you call to the burned?
condition of the atmosphere at a specific
place and time which can change from A. Argon
hour-to-hour, day-to-day, month-to-month, B. Nitrogen
or even year-to-year? C. Water Vapor
D. Carbon Dioxide
A. Climate
B. Weather
C. Climate Change _______ 9. It is the general pattern of
D. Global Warming weather in a certain area over a long
period of time.
_______ 5. One of the five major
components of the climate system which A. Climate
B. Season
 C. Weather B. cryosphere
D. Temperature C. hydrosphere
_______ 10. This refers to a phenomenon D. lithosphere
having above normal rainfall conditions
that could lead to potential adverse II. True or False
impacts (such as heavy rainfall, floods,
flashfloods and landslides) over highly Directions: Write True if the given
vulnerable areas. statement is correct and False if not.

A. El Niño 1. A warm ocean current that flows

B. La Niña toward the poles results in cold air
C. Climate Change masses that move over land that
D. Global Warming the current flows past. False

_______ 11. What is the main source of 2. Mountains receive more rainfall
energy on Earth? than low lying areas because as
air is forced over the higher ground
A. Sun it cools, causing moist air to
B. Land condense and fall out as rainfall.
C. Moon True
D. Stars
_______ 12. At what degree is Earth
tilted? 3. Greenhouse gases trap heat in our
atmosphere, leading to global
A. 12.5 degrees warming and climate change.
B. 18.5 degrees True
C. 20.5 degrees
D. 23.5 degrees 4. At the poles, energy from the sun
reaches the Earth's surface at
_______ 13. It is known to be the lowest higher angles and passes through
layer of the atmosphere wherein most a thicker layer of atmosphere than
whether phenomena occur. at the equator. False
A. exosphere
B. mesosphere 5. Winds that blow from the sea often
C. troposphere bring rain to the coast and dry
D. stratosphere weather to inland areas.  True

_______ 14. It is one of the factors that 6. High-altitude locations are usually
affect climate wherein it warms the much colder than areas closer to
atmosphere and is fundamental to sea level. True
atmospheric composition.
A. altitude 7. Clouds form when warm air from
B. latitude sea meets cool air from the inland
C. topography areas. False
D. Solar Radiation
8. The composition of the
_______ 15. It is considered to be the atmosphere, among other things,
most variable part of the climate system determines its ability to transmit
wherein the composition and movement of sunlight and trap infrared light,
gases surrounding the Earth can change leading to potentially short-term
changes in climate. False
radically, influenced by natural and
human-made factors.

A. atmosphere
9. Altitude is related to air pressure.
As altitude rises, air pressure
drops. True

10. Climate is short-term effect while

weather is long-term effect. False