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Grade 9 - Geography Climate - Test 12.1 For each of the following 10 questions, determine the best answer. Click on the "radio" (round button) to record your answer. When you are finished, you can check how well you did by clicking on the "Check Score" button at the bottom of the test. Start when ready! 1. It refers to the day-to-day characteristics of atmospheric conditions. (a) climate (b) weather (c) geology (d) astrology 2. It refers to the long-term pattern of weather. (a) climate (b) weather (c) geology (d) astrology 3. Canada's weather is a function of all of the following, except _____. (a) latitude, winds, and pressure systems (b) relief and elevation (c) continental and maritime environments (d) select this answer if Canada's weather is a function of all of the above. 4. Which of the following reflects the most northerly and most southerly points in Canada respectively? (a) Winnipeg and Toronto (b) Prince George and Halifax (c) Alert and Point Pelee (d) Windsor, Ontario, and Iqaliut 5. The sum of the monthly temperatures divided by 12 results in _____. (a) average snowfall (b) average wind speed (c) average rainfall (d) average annual temperature 6. It refers to the elevation of the surface of the Earth (relative to sea level). (a) wind speed (b) relief (c) climate (d) maritime climate 7. _____ refers to the actual temperature. (a) Celsius degrees (b) the density of an object (c) kPa (d) Degrees Celsius 8. _____ refers to the range in temperature. (a) Celsius degrees (b) the density of an object (c) kPa (d) Degrees Celsius 9. Vancouver has warm, rainy weather in the winter and Calgary has cold, dry weather because the _____ act as a barrier to the _____ masses. (a) rivers, ice (b) mountains, air (c) plains, rain (d) mountains, migratory bird 10. As you go from the bottom to the top of a mountain, the temperature _____. (a) doubles every 100 m (b) gets colder (c) gets warmer (d) stays the same
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