World Climate and Climate Change
Description: World Climate and Climate Change, Geography, XI | |
Number of Questions: 22 | |
Created by: Amit Pandey | |
Tags: World Climate and Climate Change |
The tropical group is divided into which of the following types?
a. Tropical wet climate b. Tropical monsoon climate c. Tropical wet and dry climate d. Subtropical steppe e. Subtropical desert
Which of the following characteristics is true for Koeppen’s B type of climates?
Which of the following statements is correct about the tropical wet climates?
a. Tropical evergreen forests with dense canopy cover and large biodiversity are found in this climate. b. Temperature is high throughout the year and diurnal ranges of temperature are the greatest in this climate. c. Significant amount of rainfall occurs in every month of the year as thunder showers in this climate.
Koeppen’s scheme of classification is based on which of the following?
Tropical wet and dry climate occurs over which of the following regions?
Which of the following climate types is found over the Indian sub continent?
Which of the following is/are incorrect about the dry climates?
a. Dry climates are characterised by very low rainfall that is not adequate for the growth of plants. b. These climates cover a very large area of the planet. c. These are also known as the D type of climates according to Koeppen’s classification of climates.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Subtropical steppe and subtropical desert climates have common precipitation and temperature characteristics. b. The rainfall in both these climates is highly variable. c. The annual and diurnal ranges of temperature in these are also high.
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. The areas under Mediterranean climate come under the influence of sub tropical high in summer and westerly wind in winter. b. This climate type is characterised by a hot, dry summer and a mild, rainy winter. c. Thunderstorms in summer and frontal precipitation in winter are common in this climate type.
Which of the following is correct about ice cap climates?
a. Even in summer, the temperature is below freezing point. b. This area receives very little precipitation. c. The weather changes are abrupt and short in areas with ice cap climates.
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect about Highland climates?
a. Highland climates are governed by topography. b. Precipitation types and intensity vary spatially across high lands. c. This is the region of permafrost where the sub soil is permanently frozen.
In which of the following types of climates the air masses are unstable and cause rainfall throughout the Year?
Which of the following has been named after the types of vegetation, like low growing mosses, lichens and flowering plants?
Which of the following groups of types of climates have very low temperature?
(i) C (ii) D (iii) E (iv) H
Which of the following statements about sunspots is/are correct?
a. Increase in sunspots causes cooler and wetter weather with greater storminess. b. Sunspots are dark and cooler patches on the sun which increase and decrease in a cyclical manner. c. Sunspots alter the amount of insolation received from the sun, which in turn, might have a bearing on the climate.
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
a. Volcanism is considered as a cause for climate change. b. The severe drought that occurred in southwestern Great Plains of the United States is described as the dust bowl. c. A decrease in sunspot numbers is associated with warm and drier conditions.
Which of the following climate types is the region of permafrost where the sub soil is permanently frozen with long durations of day and night during summers?
Which of the following statements is not correct?
Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Tokyo protocol was initiated for reducing the emission of GHGs into the atmosphere. b. The depletion of ozone concentration in the stratosphere is called the ozone hole. c. Ultra-violet rays convert ozone into oxygen.
Which of the following years recorded the warmest temperature the world over?
Match the type of vegetation with the type of climate ||| |---|---| | Vegetation| Type of climate| |a. Sparse grasslands|1. Aw| |b. Deciduous forests|2. Af| |c. Tropical evergreen forests|3. BSh|