Lesson Y7-U02-L08

Y7-U02-L08 Is the UK's Climate Changing? Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 2

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U02-L08, Is the UK's Climate Changing?: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 2: Year 7: The Weather and Climate of the UK, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is climate change?

    • A long-term shift in a place's average weather over many years
    • A single unusually hot day in summer, with records broken in one town
    • A heavy storm that lasts one afternoon and drops rain on the town
    • A change in the time the sun rises each day across the seasons

  2. On a line graph, what does a rising line show?

    • Values going up over time
    • Values that stay the same
    • Values that change at random
    • Values going down over time

  3. One very hot afternoon is best described as which of these?

    • Weather
    • Climate change
    • A long-term trend
    • An ice age

  4. Which organisation has measured UK weather over many years?

    • The Ordnance Survey
    • The BBC
    • The Environment Agency
    • The Met Office

  5. What is a long-term trend in climate data?

    • A single unusually hot summer day
    • A forecast for the coming week
    • A steady change over many years
    • A sudden storm in one town

  6. Which factor is most often linked to a long-term rise in global average temperatures?

    • Stronger winds blowing from the north
    • The Moon moving closer to Earth
    • More volcanoes erupting each year
    • Rising greenhouse gas levels

  7. A value rises from 8.7°C to 10.2°C. By how many degrees has it risen?

    • About 1.5°C
    • About 0.5°C
    • About 2.5°C
    • About 1.9°C

  8. From 1980 to 2020 the UK average temperature moved from about 9.2°C to about 10.2°C. How much warmer is 2020?

    • About 5°C
    • About 1°C
    • About 0.2°C
    • About 2°C

  9. What does the UK winter rainfall graph show from the 1960s to the 2010s?

    • Winters have almost no rainfall
    • Winters are staying the same
    • Winters are getting drier
    • Winters are getting wetter

  10. Winter rainfall rises from 320 mm to 395 mm. By how many millimetres has it risen?

    • 75 mm
    • 65 mm
    • 715 mm
    • 25 mm

  11. Which of these is GOOD evidence that the UK's climate is changing?

    • A single weather report for one day
    • It felt hot in my garden one afternoon
    • My grandparent's opinion, with no data
    • 100 years of Met Office temperature records

  12. From what year does the Central England Temperature record begin?

    • 1900
    • 1800
    • 1659
    • 1959

  13. Why is one thermometer reading weaker evidence than 100 years of readings?

    • Many readings agreeing show a reliable trend, not a one-off
    • Thermometers only work properly in winter
    • One reading is always correct to the last decimal place
    • One reading always gives the average over 30 years

  14. What word describes a reading that is much higher or lower than the usual pattern?

    • A trend
    • An anomaly
    • An average
    • A range

  15. Which problem could warmer, wetter weather cause for UK farmers?

    • Flooded fields in wet winters, or drought-stressed crops in hot summers
    • Colder summers that stop all farming across the whole country each year
    • Fewer trees growing in the countryside and fewer hedges along the lanes
    • Ice forming on every road and field in the middle of the summer

  16. On a line graph, which side do you read the start value from?

    • The bottom of the graph
    • The right side
    • The left side
    • The top of the graph

  17. Which trend best describes UK average temperature from 1900 to 2020?

    • A rising trend, from about 8.7°C to about 10.2°C
    • A flat trend at about 9°C throughout
    • A sudden drop after the year 2000
    • A falling trend, from about 10.2°C to about 8.7°C

  18. Which statement about evidence for climate change is correct?

    • Scientists trust long records because many readings point the same way
    • Scientists rely on the opinions of people in their gardens
    • Scientists ignore records that are older than 50 years
    • Scientists trust a single hot day more than any long record

  19. The UK temperature line rises but dips in some years. What does this tell you?

    • The climate is changing in reverse
    • The data must have been recorded incorrectly
    • The trend must be wrong because the line is not straight
    • A few cooler years do not disprove the long-term rise

  20. Why is it useful to look at UK temperature and winter rainfall trends together?

    • They both show the UK is getting colder and drier in the winter months
    • They point the same way, with warmer and wetter winters, so the climate is shifting
    • They prove that sea levels around the UK are falling every single year
    • They both show no change at all in the climate of the UK over time

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