Factors Affecting Climate

It is the sum of all statistical weather information that helps describe a place or region.

• Typhoon

• Weather

• Phenomena

• Climate

It serves as the envelope of gases held by gravity that surrounds the Earth.

• Atmosphere

• Latitude

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

In geosphere, _____ land cover has dry and warmer temperature.

• westerlies

• easterlies

• windward

• leeward

True or False.

Bodies of water act as heat sinks to cool down nearby areas.

• True

• False

Resource extraction such as mining and oil production are examples of?

• Landscape modification

• Environmental Degradation

• Overpopulation

• Pollution

The following are considered as prevailing winds EXCEPT -

• Windward

• Trade winds

• Westerlies

• Easterlies

The ______ influences climate through an area’s geography and land cover.

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• latitude

• geosphere

True or False.

Areas near the equator receives direct sunlight, hence the warm temperature.

• True

• False

Refers to the fluctuations of the atmosphere over a short period.

• Climate

• Weather

• Typhoon

• Climate change

Overpopulation leads to _________ of resources at a rate which Earth system cannot sustain.

• development

• production

• consumption

• management