Climatology MCQs
Climatology MCQs
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1: What does the word "absorb" mean?
A. Take in or soak up (liquid, light, or other substance) by chemical or physical action
B. To take in something such as knowledge or experience
C. Give out or emit (light, heat, sound, liquid, or other substance)
D. Pull or draw (something) in
2: What does the term 'insolation' refer to?
A. The study of the moon
B. The study of stars
C. The action of the sun's rays falling on the earth's surface
D. The study of the sun
3: What is the definition of "absorption?"
A. Reflection
B. Rejection
C. The process or action of taking in or soaking up something
D. The state of being surrounded and physically contained within something
4: What is the process in which something takes in a substance or energy called?
A. Diffraction
B. Digestion
C. Ingestion
D. Insurrection
5: What is the definition of uptake?
A. The process in which something breaks down a substance or energy.
B. The process in which something gives off a substance or energy.
C. The process in which something takes in a substance or energy.
D. The process in which something combines a substance or energy.
6: What is albedo?
A. The measure of how much light is emitted by an object
B. The measure of how much light is absorbed by an object
C. The measure of how much light is reflected by an object
D. The measure of how much light is transmitted by an object
7: What does the word "abundance" mean?
A. An ample quantity; plenty
B. Scarce; in short supply
C. Nonexistent; not available
D. Expensive; high-priced
8: What is biodiversity?
A. The study of bugs and other small organisms
B. The study of large animals
C. The variety and variability of life on Earth
D. The study of plant life
9: What does the word "adapt" mean?
A. To oppose or resist change
B. To be unable to change
C. To change for the better
D. To make fit for a new use or environment
10: What does fitness mean?
A. How well an animal can see in low light
B. The camouflage of an animal
C. The capacity of an organism to thrive in its ecosystem
D. The speed at which an animal can move in a given period of time
11: What does adaptation refer to?
A. The process of change by which an organism or species becomes worse suited to its environment.
B. The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
C. The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its food supply.
D. The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its genes.
12: What does adaptation mean?
A. Adjustment in human systems to a new or changing environment
B. Change in natural or human systems to a new or changing environment
C. Change in human systems to a new or changing environment
D. Adjustment in natural or human systems to a new or changing environment
13: What is an air mass?
A. A large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity
B. A type of storm
C. The air surrounding the earth
D. A unit of measure for air pressure
14: What is an atmosphere?
A. An extensive body of air throughout which the horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics are similar.
B. The solid outer layer of the Earth
C. A large body of water
D. The gases surrounding the planet
15: What is angle of incidence?
A. The angle at which light leaves a surface
B. The angle of a triangle's sides
C. The amount of light reflected off a surface
D. The angle at which light hits a surface
16: What is an angle of incidence?
A. The number of sides on a shape.
B. A type of angle.
C. An angular measurement of an object away from 'straight up.'
D. How objects reflect light.
17: What is the meaning of the word "anomaly"?
A. A characteristic that makes someone or something different from others
B. Existing or functioning in a normal or usual way
C. Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected
D. Conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern
18: What does the word "anomaly" mean?
A. Of no importance or value
B. Irregularity or deviation from normal
C. A person or thing that is strange or abnormal
D. A strange or abnormal condition
19: What does anthropogenic mean?
A. Of, relating to, or resulting from human activity
B. Not occurring naturally
C. Relating to the origins of life
D. Relating to the study of humans
20: Which of the following is not a type of anthropogenic pollution?
A. Mining
B. Deforestation
C. Volcanic eruption
D. Greenhouse gases
21: What is anthropogenic?
A. Made by plants
B. Made by people or resulting from human activities
C. Made by animals
D. Made naturally
22: What is a biome?
A. A place where plants and animals live together
B. A community of plants and animals that are defined geographically and climatically
C. An area with a particular climate
D. A large area of forest
23: What is the main cause of climate change?
A. Solar radiation
B. Wind
C. Greenhouse gases
D. Plate tectonics
24: What is the main greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Water vapour
C. Methane
D. Nitrogen
25: What determines what kind of plants will grow in a region?
A. The weather
B. The climate
C. The precipitation
D. The temperature
26: What is climate?
A. A region's short-term, average weather elements such as temperature and precipitation
B. The study of the atmosphere
C. A region's long-term weather patterns
D. A region's long-term, average weather elements such as temperature and precipitation
27: What is a climate change?
A. A short-term change in the weather patterns
B. A change in the weather patterns that lasts for only a few days.
C. A significant and long-term change in the weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to thousands of years.
D. A change in the weather patterns over a specific region
28: What is combustion?
A. The study of space
B. The study of the ocean
C. The process of burning
D. The study of rocks
29: What is the root word for "concentration"?
A. -cent
B. Cent
C. Centi
D. Con
30: What is the definition of concentration?
A. A unit used to express the proportions of essence in a perfume
B. The degree to which a solid, liquid, or gas is dissolved in a solvent
C. A measure of the amount of a substance in a given volume
D. The ability to focus the mind
31: What is sea ice concentration?
A. The percent of water surface covered by ice
B. The average amount of sunlight that is reflected off of the ice back into space
C. The rate at which ice is melting
D. The average depth of the ice
32: What is the process whereby water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water?
A. Evaporation
B. Precipitation
C. Condensation
D. Deposition
33: What is the opposite of vaporization?
A. Freezing
B. Melting
C. Evaporation
D. Sublimation
34: What is the opposite of evaporation?
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Freezing
D. Sublimation
35: What is the main driver of economic growth?
A. Government spending
B. Net exports
C. Business investment
D. Consumer spending
36: What is the best way to prevent the spread of consumption?
A. Rest and relaxation
B. Early diagnosis and treatment
C. Avoidance of crowded places
D. Good hygiene
37: What is the definition of consumption?
A. The use of something such as food or energy.
B. The process by which something is destroyed or worn away
C. The act of eating
D. The amount of something that is available to be used
38: What is the shortening of a muscle called?
A. Contraction
B. Extraction
C. Relaxation
D. Expansion
39: What does the word "emaciate" mean?
A. To increase in size
B. To embolden
C. To reduce in size
D. To enfeeble
40: What is the movement of air or water caused by differences in temperature?
A. Ocean current
B. Convection currents
C. Wind
D. Rotation
41: What is convection?
A. The transfer of heat by radiation
B. The transfer of heat by convection.
C. The transfer of heat by conduction
D. The movement of mass, liquid or gas.
42: What is the definition of decomposition?
A. The process of taking things apart
B. The process of coming up with new ideas
C. The process of putting things together
D. The process of rotting or decay
43: What is the SI unit of density?
A. G/cm^3
B. Kg/m^3
C. Oz/in^3
D. Lb/ft^3
44: What is density?
A. Density is a measure of how much matter is in an object
B. Density is a measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume
C. Density is a measure of how heavy an object is
D. Density is a measure of how much space is between particles of matter
45: What does density refer to?
A. The speed of an object
B. The calculated mass per unit volume of a substance
C. The amount of space an object takes up
D. The weight of an object
46: Why does hot air rise?
A. The sun is closer to hot air
B. Hot air is less dense than cold air.
C. Cold air is less dense than hot air
D. Air has no density
47: What is the population mean?
A. There is no mathematical mean of a population.
B. The mean is the sum of all the data points divided by the number of data points.
C. The mean is the sum of all the data points multiplied by the number of data points.
48: What is the study of how biological organisms are geographically arranged called?
A. Biogeography
B. Taxonomy
C. Ecology
D. Evolutionary Biology
49: What does the word "diversity" mean?
A. Variety or multiformity.
B. Sameness
C. Uniformity
D. Lack of variety
50: What does biodiversity refer to?
A. The number of animals in a region.
B. The number of species, plant and animal, in a region as well as their relative abundance.
C. The number of plants in a region.
D. The abundance of species in a region.
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