This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Geography > Climate > Class 9 Geography Chapter 4 Climate – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 4 Climate Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Western Ghats influences Arabian sea branch of SW monsoon. Is it true or false? A) Neither true nor false. B) False. C) True. D) Either true or false. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 2. Which climate is defined by hot dry weather and little precipitation? A) Temperate. B) Polar. C) Tropical. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. 3. The average weather pattern taken over a long period time say ..... year is called the ..... A) 59 years, Humidity. B) 25 years, Climate of the place. C) 20 years, Climate of the place. D) 18 years, Climate of the place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25 years, Climate of the place. 4. Animals have ..... that allow them to live in certain areas. A) Adaptations. B) Skills. C) Brains. D) Tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adaptations. 5. Which climate is absolutely freezing and supports zero life? A) Ice Cap. B) Desert. C) Tundra. D) Subarctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ice Cap. 6. There are polar climates in both the North and South Poles A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 7. The condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time is ..... A) Weather. B) Climate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 8. Which climate has cold summers? A) Dry. B) Continental. C) Polar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polar. 9. How does latitude affect climate? A) The higher you go up a mountain, the colder it gets. B) The closer to the equator, the warmer it gets. C) The higher you go up a mountain, the warmer it gets. D) The closer to the poles, the warmer it gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The closer to the equator, the warmer it gets. 10. Felix likes to be wet in the rain of Karnataka. Where would he choose to live in Karnataka. A) Hulikal. B) Bagalkot. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hulikal. 11. How hot or cold something is- A) Friction. B) Temperature. C) Gravity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature. 12. The ..... zone has temperature that ranges from warm or hot in the summer to cool or cold in the winter. A) Tropical. B) Polar. C) Temperate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temperate. 13. Climate shows ..... in the weather A) Forecasts. B) Patterns. C) Predictions. D) Changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patterns. 14. Where are elephants found A) Temperate grasslands. B) North Pole. C) Antartica. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 15. Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous oxide, Water vapors are examples of: A) Greenhouse gases. B) Metals. C) Rocks. D) Solid particles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenhouse gases. 16. Much of the greenhouse gases come from humans burning ..... A) Wood. B) Fossil fuels. C) Plastic. D) Paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil fuels. 17. State a local wind that blows in West Bengal A) Kalbaisakhi. B) Dust Storm. C) Loo. D) Mango Shower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kalbaisakhi. 18. As many as four ice ages have occurred on Earth during the past ..... years. A) 2 million. B) 200, 00. C) 4 million. D) 10, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 million. 19. Which does NOT represent a Mediterranean climate? A) Dry summer months. B) Wet winter months. C) Wet summer months. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wet summer months. 20. What item do we use to measure weather? A) Degree checker. B) Thermometers. C) Cups. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermometers. 21. The name ..... climate is often used as a synonym for the dry-summer subtropical climate. A) European. B) Canadian. C) African. D) Mediterranean. E) Hudson Bay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mediterranean. 22. Where are polar climate regions found? A) Near the north pole and south pole. B) Not this one. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near the north pole and south pole. 23. Human Characteristics are ..... A) Landscapes, plants, climates, and animals. B) People and buildings. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People and buildings. 24. In India ..... is receives the highest rainfall. A) Delhi. B) Mawsynram. C) Agumbe. D) Chirapunji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mawsynram. 25. What are the main types of climate in South Asia? A) Polar climate, tropical climate, and arid climate. B) Subtropical climate, Mediterranean climate, and oceanic climate. C) Tropical climate, desert climate, and mountain climate. D) Temperate climate, humid climate, and continental climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical climate, desert climate, and mountain climate. 26. The amount of solar energy received varies according to ..... due to the curvature of the earth A) Altitude. B) Pressure and winds. C) Latitude. D) Longitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latitude. 27. The lowest temperaturein India is located at A) Ladakh. B) Drass. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ladakh. 28. Why do locations near the equator tend to have warmer climates? A) They receive more solar energy per unit of surface area annually. B) They have a lower albedo than polar regions. C) They are closer to the sun than other regions. D) They have less snow and ice annually. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They receive more solar energy per unit of surface area annually. 29. Which of these bodies of water has the greatest effect on the climate of neighboring land? A) Lake. B) Pond. C) River. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ocean. 30. When you travel south it will always get warmer. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. Which of the following human activities contributes most to climate change? A) Fishing. B) Deforestation. C) Composting. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 32. Which one is correct with respect to mountainous regions A) Temperature falls with increase in altitude. B) Temperature falls with decrease in altitude. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature falls with increase in altitude. 33. Latitude affects the amount of ..... absorbed in a particular area (balloon and flashlight demonstration). A) Rain shadows. B) Low pressure. C) Solar energy. D) High temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar energy. 34. What is the koppen classification system? A) Is the most widely used system for classifying the world's climates. B) Observations made for a region over several years. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is the most widely used system for classifying the world's climates. 35. An area of low rainfall on the downward slope of a mountain: A) Watershed. B) Tributary. C) Rain shadow. D) Peak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain shadow. 36. The average temperature of the surface of Earth has increased approximately 1$^\circ$C in the past century. Which reason best explains this increase in temperature? A) Lower levels of nitrogen in the atmosphere. B) Higher levels of oxygen in the atmosphere. C) Higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. D) Lower levels of ozone in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 37. What is the most important influence on climate? A) Altitude. B) Latitude. C) Solar energy. D) Coastline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar energy. 38. Which regions of the world experience polar climate? A) Near the North and South poles. B) Tropical regions. C) Temperate regions. D) Desert regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Near the North and South poles. 39. A hot and humid zone near the equator with heavy precipitation. A) Tropical Zone. B) Temperate Zone. C) Continental Zone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical Zone. 40. What type of climate experiences abundant rainfall? A) Polar Climate. B) Continental Climate. C) Desert Climate. D) Tropical Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropical Climate. 41. Rainforests have all BUT ..... A) High humidity. B) High precipitation. C) High temperatures. D) High pressure systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High pressure systems. 42. What is the process by which plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen called? A) Photosynthesis. B) Transpiration. C) Combustion. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 43. Which place in india records the highest rainfall in the world? A) Jaipur. B) Aziwal. C) Mawsynram. D) Imphal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mawsynram. 44. Which of the following is not a factor influencing climate? A) Longitude. B) Altitude. C) Latitude. D) Ocean Current. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitude. 45. Temperatures get colder as the elevation increases. A) Subtropical/temperate. B) Continental. C) Arid/dry. D) Highland/alpine. E) Tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Highland/alpine. 46. Emma has never seen snow where she lives. She lives where it's usually sunny with summer rains, warm and humid. In what type of climate zone does she live in? A) Tropical. B) Desert. C) Polar. D) Temperate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical. 47. One summer afternoon the humidity in Ocala, Florida was 80%. What is humidity? A) Air pressure. B) Weight of water vapor in the air. C) Temperature at which water evaporates from the air. D) Amount of water vapor in the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amount of water vapor in the air. 48. Climate determines the weather. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 49. What type of climate is characterized by warm all year round and high precipitation? A) Dry. B) Tropical wet. C) Continental. D) Mild. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical wet. 50. ..... forests are forests in which plenty of rain falls all year. A) Grasslands. B) Desert. C) Tundra. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rain. 51. What type of climate would a tundra have? A) A tundra has warm winters and cool summers.-=. B) A tundra is cold all year long. C) A tundra is hot all year long. D) A tundra has hot summers and cold winters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A tundra is cold all year long. 52. How do geographers distinguish between types of dry climates? A) The average daily temperatures in each. B) The proximity of each to the Equator. C) The amount of rainfall and vegetation in each. D) The geographical location of each. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The amount of rainfall and vegetation in each. 53. Which countries have a tropical climate? A) Indonesia. B) France. C) Canada. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indonesia. 54. Describe the features of a temperate climate. A) Tropical temperatures, no seasons, heavy precipitation. B) Moderate temperatures, distinct seasons, moderate precipitation. C) Extreme temperatures, no seasons, heavy precipitation. D) Cold temperatures, no seasons, heavy precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moderate temperatures, distinct seasons, moderate precipitation. 55. A ..... is an intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over oceans in the tropics. A) Tropical cyclone. B) Thunderstorm. C) Prevailing winds. D) Tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical cyclone. 56. How many main climate zones are there? A) 7. B) 6. C) 5. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 57. Distance north or south of the Equator is called ..... A) Topography. B) Wind pattern. C) Elevation. D) Latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Latitude. 58. What are the characteristics of the climate of South Asia? A) Temperate climate, moderate rainfall, cool temperatures. B) Tropical climate, mild temperatures, low humidity. C) Desert climate, low temperatures, little to no rainfall. D) Monsoon climate, heavy summer rainfall, high temperatures, humidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monsoon climate, heavy summer rainfall, high temperatures, humidity. 59. What climate region is illustrated with the following description?Always hot Average temp. 80$^\circ$Mostly sunnyShort rain falls each day 80 inches/yearLocated in Central & South America, Africa, & SE Asia A) Tropical Wet & Dry. B) Tropical Wet. C) Mediterranean. D) Highlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical Wet. 60. High latitude climates support only limited plant and animal life because of: A) The powerful polar winds. B) The El Nino phenomenon. C) The lack of direct sunlight. D) Their extreme aridity. 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