Three and Three

Three minutes to complete the task and three minutes to check your answers.

Where there are choices, more than one answer may be correct.

Exercise 1

1. What is the maximum temperature in Phoenix, Arizona?

2. What is the total rainfall in Phoenix

3. What is the total rainfall in Manaus, Brazil

4. The temperature in Arizona is much higher than Scotland because:

a. The sun is directly overhead all year

b. The sun is at a higher angle in the sky
c. Scotland is further north than Arizona
d. Phoenix is on the equator

5. A desert is a place which,

a. is always hot
b. is hot and dry all year
c. has sand
d. has low rainfall
e. few people live

6. There is little rain in the desert because

a. It is hot
b. Winds blow over land
c. There is low pressure
d. There is high pressure

7. It is cold at night because

a. There is more cloud at night

b. There is little cloud at night
c. Sand and rock stores heat overnight
d. Sand and rock lose heat quickly at night
 8. Many people have moved to Phoenix because

a. The climate
b. There is plenty of room to build houses with gardens
c. Industries were closing in other states
d. Modern industries had set up in Phoenix

9. In the diagram below, which two letters best explain the difference in climate
between Brazil’s Amazon Rain Forest and the Sonoran Desert of Arizona?
(The arrows show the position of the sun’s rays)

A B C

D E F