Name Class Date
Assessment
Chapter Test C
Climate
Multiple Choice
Circle the letter of the best answer for each question.
1 .Which biome has the most kinds of plants and animals?
a. tropical rain forest
b. temperate forest
c. savanna
d. chaparral
2. How do prevailing winds that travel across large bodies of water affect the climate?
a. They make it colder.
b. They make it warmer.
c. They make it wetter.
d. They make it drier.
3. What helps plants grow in the tropical savanna?
a. grass fires
b. rain all year
c. cold nights
d. the quick rotting of plants
4. Which of the following helps conifers grow well in the taiga biome?
a. acid in the soil
b. branches that shed snow
c. losing leaves each year
d. roots above the ground
5. Which of the following is a microclimate?
a. the polar zone c. the savanna
b. the rain forest d. a mountain
Chapter Test C continued
Matching
Read the description. Then, draw a line from the dot next to each description to the matching word.
6. large region with one kind of climate and plant and animal life7. the trapping of heat by gases in the atmosphere
8. water movements like streams on the top of the ocean’s surface
9. climate of a small area / •
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b. microclimate
c. greenhouse effect
d. biome
10. traits of the atmosphere that change from day to day
11. distance north or south from the equator
12. how high a mountain rises above sea level
13. average weather in an area for along time / •
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b. weather
c. latitude
d. elevation
Chapter Test C continued
Fill-in-the-Blank
Read the words in the box. Read the sentences. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
Solar maximum / asteroidMilankovitch theory / Pangaea
14. Ice ages are caused by changes in the Earth’s orbit. This is called the ______
15. Dinosaurs might have been killed by a climate change. The change may have been caused by the crash of a(n) ______
16. About 250 million years ago, all continents made up ______When it broke apart, the ice age ended.
17. The sun is sometimes at the part of its cycle called the ______When this happens, winds warm up.
Chapter Test C continued
Use the map below to answer questions 18 through 20. Read the words. Then, draw a line from the dot next to each word to the matching letter on the map.
18. Temperate19. Polar
20. Tropical / •
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