WG Geography and Climate Quiz 2025

Earth is tilted at what degree, which causes the changing of seasons?

• 15°

• 23.5°

• 45°

• 90°

The summer solstice marks:

• The shortest day of the year

• The longest day of the year

• Equal day and night

• A full moon

What do we call the days when day and night are equal in length?

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Drought

• Eclipse

Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a place and time. What is climate?

• Short-term patterns of wind

• Long-term weather patterns

• Ocean currents

• Random changes in temperature

Which type of precipitation occurs when warm air is forced up mountains, cooling and condensing?

• Convectional

• Orographic

• Frontal

• Tropical

Hurricanes form over what type of water?

• Cold lakes

• Cold oceans

• Warm tropical oceans

• Glaciers

What forms in the middle of a hurricane, bringing calm skies?

• The spiral

• The eye

• The funnel

• The vortex

Which extreme weather event is a funnel-shaped column of spiraling air?

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Cyclone

• Blizzard

Which country averages about 700 tornadoes a year?

• China

• Australia

• United States

• Mexico

What is a blizzard?

• Heavy rain with flooding

• Heavy snow with strong winds and poor visibility

• A strong dust storm

• An ice storm