CBSE Class 9 Social Science Atmosphere and Climate (Class 9 NCERT New) Quiz 12

1. Which of the following is correct?

A The oceans have a major influence on both weather and climate. B The oceans have a major influence on weather but not climate. C The oceans have a major influence on climate but not weather. D The oceans have do not have a major influence on weather or climate.

2. Why will sea levels rise as a result of climate change?

A they will not B the only will in the warmer months, they will re-freeze in the colder months C sea levels will not rise because polar ice, glaciers and icebergs are not melting. D sea levels will rise because polar ice, glaciers and icebergs are melting. The melting ice causes the sea level to rise.

3. the climate of a region can be determined by observing, recording, and analyzing the weather for at least

A one hour B one day C one week D one season

4. Meteorologists forecast this.

A Climate B Weather

5. As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to temperature?

A Nothing B It increases C It decreases D It goes up and down

6. Ocean currents circulate the sun's heat.

A True B False

7. Two factors to determine weather are

A precipitation and temperature B hurricanes and tornadoes C humidity and pressure

8. The _______ of a mountain range is the side that receives a lot of precipitation.

A dry side B leeward/dry side C windward/wet side D cloudy side

9. What causes winds to form on Earth?

A solar energy B ocean currents C elevation differences D uneven heating of the Earth by the sun

10. The air in the troposphere has a greater density than the air in any other layer of the atmosphere,

A True B False