Name: ……………………………………..

1. Circle the correct word

a) Weather describes the conditions of the atmosphere are over a short / long period of time,
and climate describes how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively short / long periods of time.
b) The climate of a region depends on its altitude. The higher the altitude the higher / lower the
temperature.
c) Regions which are close / far from the sea have more temperate climate.
d) The climate of a region does / doesn’t depend on its distance from the equator.

2. Which of these statements is true? Circle the correct answer.

a) Which is the coldest climate? b) Where would you find most tropical
- Polar climates?
- Tropical - The Equator
- Temperate - The South Pole
- Desert - The top of a mountain
- In Europe

c) Which two climates are dry? d) Which is the warmest climate?

- Tropical and polar - Tropical
- Temperate and tropical - Temperate
- Polar and desert - Polar
- Temperate and desert - Cold

3. Observe the map and answer the questions:

a) In which climate region would you draw the equator? Draw the equator on the map.

b) In what climate do you live? Are there other places with the same climate as you? Refer two
countries?

c) How many climates does Africa have? Which are they?

4. a) On the table you see the climate data for a region in Sahara desert.

Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Temperature (o C) 13 16 20 25 29 35 37 36 33 27 19 14
Rainfall mm 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 5

Using the data of the table answer the questions

1. The warmest temperature is……………………

2. The coolest temperature is…………………….

3. The driest months are……………… and ……………with …………… mm of rainfall

4. The wettest month is …………………………………….

b) Observe the climate graph below and answer the questions.

i) Study the climate graph shown above. What information is the graph giving us? Circle the
correct answer.
- The bar chart shows rainfall and the line graph shows temperature
- The bar chart shows humidity and the line graph shows rainfall
- The bar chart shows temperature and the line graph shows rainfall
ii) What month had the highest amount of rainfall? Circle the correct answer.
- January
- July
- October
iii) What month has the highest temperature? Circle the correct answer.
- October
- August
- July
iv) Could the graph correspond to desert clima? Justify your answer.

c) You see two graphs below. Which graph corresponds to desert clima and which graph to
tropical rainforest clima. Justify your answer
5. Match the landscape with the biome using some of the words: Tropical rainforest, savannah,
deciduous rainforest, desert, tundra, taiga