World Climate and Climate Change: Drastic Change in the World's Climate due to Human Activities

In this quiz, you will find questions related to how the world’s climate is changing, the factors responsible for it, consequences, and its aftereffects.

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Koeppen recognized _____ major climatic groups.

Two Three Four Five

The coldest place in India is?

Jammu and Kashmir

Drass (Kargil)

Delhi

Shimla

Dry climatic group is represented by which letter?

D E B A

The scientist who used precipitation effectiveness and potential evapo-transpiration as criteria to classify world climate is:

Thornthwaite KOEPPEN both of them none of them

Which one of the following causes global warming?

Carbon dioxide Oxygen Nitrogen Hydrogen

The GHG that results from the intestinal gases of ruminants (cows) is:

Nitrous oxide

Carbon dioxide

Carbon monoxide

Methane

________ classification attempts to organise climates according to their causes.

Empirical

Hydrological

Genetic

None of the above

Polar climates are denoted by?

P

E

F

G

The classification of world climate which emphasises the causes or origin of their formation based on weather condition:

Empirical classification

Genetic classification

None of these

Both of them

The type of climate found in the Amazon basin in South America is tropical:

Monsoon climate

Dry climate

Wet climate

A wet and dry climate

The processes that warm the atmosphere are often collectively referred to as the ________

Globalization

Greenhouse effect

Silurian

None of them

The group of four climates that represent humid conditions is:

A – B – C – E

A – C – D – E

B – C – D – E

A – C – D – F

The polar climatic group is represented by the letter:

A

C

D

E

Symbol ‘E’ represents which type of climate?

Polar climate

Sub-tropical

Boreal

Dry

Warm temperate climates extend from:

30 – 50 latitude

40 – 50 latitude

35 – 40 latitude

45 – 50 latitude

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: World Climate and Climate Change: Drastic Change in the World's Climate due to Human Activities
Questions: 15
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