Climate Quizzes & Trivia

It’s ever changing, just like our quizzes. Get ready for a whole new challenge. It’s time to test your knowledge on climate and climate changes. How well do you know your surroundings? Pretty well, we hope, otherwise our efforts to come up with the perfect set of questions would have been in vain. Let’s kick it off with a few samples.

What language does the word climate derive from? What variables are taken into consideration for the Koppen climate classification? In what parts of the world can we find a humid continental climate? What seasons make up a typical tropical climate? What desert makes up the driest place in the world? What are the three main contributing factors to climate change? How did you do with our sample questions? Very well, we hope! Keep it up and you’ll be a climate expert in no time.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 3352 | Last updated: Dec 27, 2019

Sample Question
Weather DOES NOT include which factor:

Temperature

Wind speed

Amount of sunlight

All are factors of weather

Climates

This quiz will help you practice and review what we learned about climates!

Questions: 16 | Attempts: 3350 | Last updated: Jul 18, 2017

Sample Question
The areas highlighted in red have a ________ climate.

Tropical

Temperate

Polar

Arid

World Climates & Climagraphs Quiz

Answer the questions that follow by choosing the best answer for each. When you have completed the quiz, stay on the quiz results page in order to record your score.

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 719 | Last updated: Jul 18, 2017

Sample Question
The climagraph above shows that this this place is in which hemisphere?

Northern

Western

Eastern

Southern

7 Climate Factors

The climate of a specific area is affected by a lot of factors. Extreme weather conditions can be dangerous for vegetation and people in the geographical area. Do you understand the factors that affect the environment? Test...

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 188 | Last updated: Jun 25, 2018

Sample Question
What is weather?

The short term changes of temperature

The climate of a place

The long term changes of temperature

The environment in a place

The vegetation in a place

Theme Of Place - Climate

A quiz to assess students' knowledge and ability to read, interpret, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate climographs.

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 1716 | Last updated: Feb 15, 2016

Sample Question
What is the best definition of climate?

The precipitation and temperature of a place at a given point in time.

The precipitation and temperature patterns of a place over a period of time.

The precipitation and temperature of Kannapolis, North Carolina.

The precipitation and temperature over a period of a year.

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Climate Questions & Answers

What is the difference between maritime and continental climate?

The maritime and continental climate differ mostly in temperature. Maritime climate has fewer changes in temperature while in a continental climate the temperature greatly fluctuates. In the maritime climate, summers can be not scorching and winters

What is the difference between Climate and Biome?

Climate refers to the long-term manifestations of weather and some other atmospheric conditions in a particular area. The climatic conditions of an area might change after some years, specifically after 30 to 35 years. Factors like temperature and ot

What is the total energy of motion of the molecules of a substance called?

The answer to this is C. You need to remember that the movement of the small particles can cause heat. For example, when you bring water to a boil, water becomes hotter because the molecules of water keep on moving around until the boiling point is r

What role do Greenhouse gases play in Climate Change?

A lot of people are familiar with the greenhouse as a place where plants usually grow. This time, the greenhouse effect refers to something that is more negative. The world is usually exposed to a lot of items that are causing the gases to create ano