World Climate and Climate Change
Description: World Climate and Climate Change, Geography, XI | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Prabha Kade | |
Tags: World Climate and Climate Change |
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
a. Koeppen recognised five major climatic groups. b. Four groups in Koeppen's classification are based on precipitation and one on temperature. c. Koeppen's classification was developed in 1918.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. The most widely used classification of climate is the applied climate classification scheme developed by V. Koeppen. b. Koeppen identified a close relationship between the distribution of vegetation and climate. c. Koeppen's classification is based on mean annual and mean monthly temperature and precipitation data.
Which of the following climate types according to Koeppen's classification has no true summer and has perennial ice?
Which of the following characteristics is true for Koeppen’s A type climate?
Which of the following climate types constitute the warm temperate climate group?
a. Humid subtropical b. Humid continental c. Mediterranean d. Mid latitude steppe e. Marine west coast
Which of the following climate types is found near the equator?
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect about tropical wet climate?
a. They exist between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. b. Annual range of temperature and annual rainfall is high in tropical wet climate. c. The sun remains overhead in such climates throughout the year and the ITCZ makes the climate hot and humid.
Tropical monsoon climate occurs over which of the following regions?
a. Equator b. Indian subcontinent c. North-eastern part of South America d. Northern Australia
Which of the following statements is incorrect about the subtropical steppe and subtropical desert climates?
Humid subtropical climate lies on the eastern parts of the continent in subtropical latitudes. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect about this type of climate?
a. The annual precipitation is low from 15-35 cm. b. The daily range of temperature is small. c. Thunderstorms in summer and frontal precipitation in winter are common.
Which of the following is/are correct about precipitation in marine west coast climate?
a. It occurs throughout the year. b. It occurs during the summer. c. It varies greatly from 50-250 cm. d. Significant amount of rainfall occurs every month of the year in form of thundershowers in the afternoon.
________ climate is located polewards from the Mediterranean climate on the west coast of the continents.
Low growing mosses, lichens and flowering plants grow in
From which of the following can we learn about the wet and dry periods that Earth has experienced in the past?
a. Sediment deposits in glacial lakes b. Rings in trees c. Geomorphological features in high altitudes and high latitudes
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. An increase in sunspot numbers is associated with warm and drier conditions. b. Volcanism causes an increase in Earth's temperature. c. Greenhouse gases cause global warming.