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  • Which Spanish climate has extreme temperatures, little rainfall and vegetation.
    Continental Climate
  • Which is the last layer of the atmosphere?
    Exosphere
  • What is weather conditions over 30 years called?
    Climate
  • True or False: It is very hot in the Mesosphere
    False. It is very cold in the Mesosphere
  • True or False: Mediterranean climate have high temperatures with warm winters
    True
  • What is the amount of water (liquid water, hail or snow) which falls to the Earth?
    Precipitation
  • True or False: The sea does not help to make weather milder
    False.
  • What is it called when water falls to the earth?
    Rainfall
  • True or False: There are different instruments for studying the weather. They are found in weather stations.
    True
  • What is the amount of thermal energy called?
    Temperature
  • True or False: Spain is located in a Cold Climate Zone
    False. Spain is located in a temperate climate zone
  • What is the third layer of the atmosphere where it is very cold?
    Mesosphere
  • Which layer of the atmosphere is 12 kilometres thick and is made up of gases?
    Troposphere
  • Which instrument is used to measure the amount of water that falls to the earth?
    Pluviometer
  • Which layer of the atmosphere does weather phenomena occur?
    Troposphere
  • True of False: Temperature is the weather conditions over 30 years
    False. The correct answer is Climate
  • What is the name of the layer of gas that surrounds the Earth?
    Atmosphere
  • True or False: Tropical Climates are warm all year round
    True
  • What is the name of the amount of water vapour in the air?
    Humidity
  • Which climate located in Spain has little precipitation and unique vegetation?
    Subtropical climate
  • Name one type of temperate zone
    Mediterranean, oceanic, continental and temperate desert
  • Which Spanish Climate has warm temperatures, heavy rains and vegetation with leafy forests?
    Oceanic Climate
  • True or False: Weather maps show the weather
    True
  • True or False: a characteristic of a cold zone is that it is winter almost the whole year
    True
  • Which instrument is used to measure wind?
    Anemometer
  • True or False: Polar Climates are cold all year round
    True
  • What is altitude?
    Height above sea level
  • Which instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
    Barometer
  • Which instrument is used to measure humidity?
    Hygrometer
  • True or False: Climate is the atmospheric conditions at a specific time
    False. Weather is the correct answer
  • Which climate zone is located between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer?
    Warm Zone
  • What type of rainfall occurs when clouds hit mountains?
    Orographic rainfall
  • True or False: Climate and weather are the same
    False. Climate is weather generated over a 30 year period and Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a specific time
  • What surrounds the earth and makes life possible?
    Atmosphere
  • Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to the ground?
    Troposphere
  • True or False: Weather maps have different symbols that show the weather forecast
    True
  • True of False. It is cold in the thermosphere
    False. It is very hot
  • True or False: The Atmosphere is divided into 5 layers
    True.
  • What is the flow of air in the atmosphere called?
    Wind
  • True or False: The mountain climate in Spain has cool temperatures and abundant rainfall.
    True
  • What instrument is used to measure temperature?
    Thermometer
  • What is divided into the troposphere, the stratosphere, and outer layers?
    Atmosphere
  • True or False: It is impossible to breathe in the outer layers of the atmosphere
    True
  • What is a collection of drops of liquid water?
    Clouds
  • The atmospheric conditions at a specific time?
    Weather
  • True or False: The nearer a place is to the equator, the hotter it is.
    True.
  • The weight of the air on the Earths surface is called?
    Atmospheric pressure
  • True or False: The higher up you are the colder it is.
    True
  • True of False: The Stratosphere is mainly made up of ozone, which absorbs the Sun's rays and protects us
    True