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.
51: What is the study of ecosystems called?
A. Ecology
B. Etymology
C. Astrophysics
D. Oceanography
52: What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
A. The range of all electromagnetic radiation from the lowest frequencies to the highest
B. The range of all infrared waves from the lowest frequencies to the highest
C. The range of all sound waves from the lowest frequencies to the highest
D. The range of all light waves from the lowest frequencies to the highest
53: What does elevation refer to?
A. The length of an object
B. The width of a object
C. The depth below a fixed reference
D. The height above a fixed reference, most commonly sea level
54: What is the most commonly used reference for elevation?
A. The ground
B. Sea level
C. The sky
D. A mountain
55: What is energy?
A. A physical quantity
B. A type of mass
C. A force
D. The ability to do work
56: What does the word "equatorial" refer to?
A. The region near the Equator of the planet
B. The region near the North Pole of the planet
C. The region near the Prime Meridian of the planet
D. The region near the South Pole of the planet
57: How many times a year does an equinox occur?
A. Four times a year
B. Every day
C. Once a year
D. Twice a year
58: On what two days does the equinox occur?
A. April and May
B. June and July
C. January and February
D. March and September
59: What does the word "evolved" mean?
A. Change in an organism over time that is not incremental.
B. Sudden change in an organism over time.
C. Incremental change in an organism over time.
D. Change in an organism over time that is not gradual.
60: What does "expansion" mean?
A. Decrease in size
B. Corporate restructuring
C. New product development
D. Increase in size
61: What does extent mean?
A. To finish
B. To continue
C. To begin
D. The range, magnitude, or distance that something covers.
62: What is the definition of "extinct"?
A. Species of organisms that once lived on Earth but are no longer present
B. A situation in which all life on Earth comes to an end
C. A person who no longer exists
D. A rock concert that is no longer happening
63: What is a food chain?
A. The sequence of who eats who in an ecosystem
B. A sequence of food that you eat in a day
C. The study of food and nutrition
D. A type of food that originates from Spain
64: What are primary consumers?
A. Plants
B. Sun
C. Animals
D. Soil
65: What is a food web?
A. A feeding frenzy involving multiple animals of the same species
B. A mating ritual between animals
C. A food chain going from producer to decomposer
D. A complex system of who eats who in an ecosystem
66: What is a fossil?
A. A plant that is still alive
B. A type of rock
C. An extinct plant
D. Preserved remains or evidence of plants and animals from the past.
67: What is a front?
A. An area of low pressure
B. The transition zone or interface between two air masses of different densities, which usually means different temperatures.
C. A type of wind
D. An area of high pressure
68: What is a glacier?
A. A large body of land
B. A small body of ice
C. A large body of ice that spreads over the land
D. A large body of water
69: What is the primary reason for the greenhouse effect?
A. Carbon dioxide and water vapor
B. Ozone layer depletion
C. Use of Freon-based coolants
D. Clear-cutting of forests
70: What does "habitat" mean?
A. A place where plants and animals live together in peace
B. The environment where a plant or animal normally lives and grows.
C. A place where plants and animals can find food and shelter.
D. A place where plants and animals can live together
71: What is the Hadley cell?
A. Rising wind components near the equator
B. A direct, thermally driven and zonally symmetric circulation under the strong influence of Earth's rotation
C. The equator-ward movement of the trade winds between about latitude 30° and the equator in each hemisphere
D. Pole-ward flow aloft
72: Which of the following is not a part of the hydrologic cycle?
A. Heat transport
B. Vertical and horizontal transport of vapor
C. Condensation
D. Evaporation
73: What are ice sheets?
A. Large glaciers
B. Icebergs
C. The North and South Poles
D. Great ice masses covering both Greenland and Antarctica.
74: What does infiltration mean?
A. To become widely known or accepted
B. To pass through a substance by filtering or permeating
C. To conquer by means of deception or trickery
D. To move into enemy territory stealthily
75: What is infrared radiation?
A. A kind of light that is invisible to the human eye.
B. A type of waves that are produced by moving electrons.
C. The long wave, electromagnetic radiation of radiant heat emitted by all hot objects.
D. A form of energy that is used in heating, cooking, and drying.
76: Between which types of electromagnetic radiation is infrared found?
A. Microwaves and gamma rays
B. Ultraviolet radiation and visible light
C. Infrared radiation and X-rays
D. Microwave radiation and visible light
77: What is insolation?
A. The amount of solar radiation sent from the sun in a given area in a given time.
B. The amount of solar radiation Earth reflects back into space.
C. The amount of solar radiation received by Earth in a given area in a given time.
D. The amount of solar radiation sent by Earth in a given area in a given time.
78: What is the unit of measurement for insolation?
A. Gigawatts per square kilometer
B. Kilowatts per hour
C. Joules per second
D. Watts per square meter
79: What is the definition of kinetic energy?
A. Energy of the sun
B. Energy at rest
C. Energy of motion
D. Energy generated by chemical reactions
80: What is land use?
A. Human modification and management of land, such as agriculture, homes, or other development.
B. The use of land for farming
C. The process of making land ready for farming
D. The use of land for housing or other development.
81: What is the energy required to change a substance called?
A. Sensible heat
B. Latent cold
C. Specific heat
D. Latent heat
82: What is latitude?
A. An imaginary line around Earth's center
B. Circular lines around Earth that measure the angular distance from the Equator in degrees.
C. High, sloping land
D. Longitudinal lines on a map that measure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees
83: What is the Equator?
A. The line of 0Ëš latitude that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres
B. The South Pole
C. A measure of the angular distance from the Equator in degrees
D. The North Pole
84: What is longitude?
A. The angular distance along the equator measured from the prime meridian to the meridian of the point in question
B. A measure of time
C. The study of stars and planets
D. The study of the oceans
85: What is the study of atmospheric phenomenon called?
A. Meterology
B. Chemistry
C. Calculus
D. Geography
86: What is migration?
A. Moving from one region to another usually seasonally for breeding or feeding.
B. A process of moving substances
C. Moving to another country
D. Staying in the same place
87: What is the definition of mitigation?
A. The act of making something more tolerable
B. The act of making something more severe
C. The act of alleviating something
D. The act of reducing the severity of something.
88: What causes ocean current?
A. Winds, waves, temperature, density or the movement of the Earth
B. Rivers
C. Soil
D. Trees
89: What danger does too much UV radiation pose?
A. Health problems and damage to plants
B. Respiratory problems
C. Heart disease
D. Skin cancer
90: What does ozone absorb?
A. Visible light
B. X-rays
C. Infrared radiation
D. Ultraviolet radiation
91: What is the paleoclimate?
A. Cold climates
B. Past or ancient climates.
C. Hot climates
D. Moderate climates
92: What is percolation?
A. The study of rocks and minerals
B. The act of boiling water to make coffee
C. The process of evaporation
D. The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
93: What is the study of periodical natural events that are correlated with climate and seasonal cycles?
A. Phenology
B. Oceanography
C. Meteorology
D. Climatology
94: What does photosynthesis produce?
A. Energy of the Sun
B. Carbon dioxide and water
C. Sugars and other plant tissues
D. Plant tissues
95: What does polar refer to?
A. The North and South Poles.
B. The Arctic and Antarctic regions.
C. The regions of Earth near the poles.
D. The equator.
96: What is precipitation?
A. Water that has been artificially injected into the atmosphere
B. Water that evaporates before reaching the ground
C. Any and all forms of water, liquid or solid, that falls from clouds and reaches the ground.
D. Water that condenses on surfaces
97: What is proxy data?
A. A method of data gathering
B. A type of analysis
C. Data that is used to represent something else
D. Data that paleoclimatologists gather from natural recorders of climate variability
98: What is the change in direction of waves called when they interact with a substance?
A. Reflection
B. Transmission
C. Absorption
D. Interference
99: What are common waves?
A. Reflection, refraction, and diffraction
B. Matter, energy, and space
C. Water, sound, and light
D. Discipline, art, and creativity
100: What does the term "salinity" refer to?
A. The amount of dissolved minerals in water, usually salt specifically.
B. The state of being salty
C. The process of adding salt to water
D. The amount of salt in the ocean
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