2.4 Climate and biomes Quiz
Studying this course? Keep your progress in one place.
Pick an answer for each. Quizzes never use energy.
5 questions, one answer each
Each answer is checked as you go, with why.
See all 5 questions
1. Which is an example of climate rather than weather?
- A. Today's rainfall
- B. Average annual rainfall over 30 years
- C. A storm last week
- D. A heatwave in July
2. At about 30° latitude in the tricellular model, air:
- A. Rises and gives rain
- B. Descends and is dry
- C. Blows from the pole
- D. Stays still
3. Which biome is found where it is cold and dry with permafrost?
- A. Tropical rainforest
- B. Tundra
- C. Desert
- D. Grassland
4. What carries heat from the tropics to higher latitudes in the oceans?
- A. Tides
- B. Waves
- C. Ocean currents
- D. Salinity
5. Treelines moving uphill is evidence of:
- A. Cooling
- B. Global warming
- C. Deforestation only
- D. Ozone depletion