Lesson Y9-U03-L06

Extreme Weather in the UK Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 15

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U03-L06, Extreme Weather in the UK: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 15: Year 9: Weather, Climate and a Changing Atmosphere, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes the general direction data moves over time?

    • Average
    • Anomaly
    • Trend
    • Range

  2. What do we call a data point that sits far from the general pattern?

    • Total
    • Anomaly
    • Trend
    • Median

  3. In a percentage change calculation, which value is used as the denominator?

    • Mean value
    • Difference
    • Start value
    • Final value

  4. What was the UK's record temperature recorded on 19 July 2022?

    • 35.3 degrees Celsius.
    • 45.3 degrees Celsius.
    • 30.0 degrees Celsius.
    • 40.3 degrees Celsius.

  5. Which official organisation collects and records official UK weather data?

    • Ordnance Survey
    • British Geological Survey
    • The Met Office
    • Environment Agency

  6. Hot days rose from 4 to 14. What is the percentage increase?

    • 350 percent
    • 150 percent
    • 250 percent
    • 100 percent

  7. A value rises from 20 to 25. What is the percentage change?

    • 25 percent increase
    • 20 percent increase
    • 50 percent increase
    • 5 percent increase

  8. A value falls from 50 to 40. What is the percentage change?

    • A decrease of 10 percent.
    • A decrease of 25 percent.
    • A decrease of 20 percent.
    • A decrease of 40 percent.

  9. Rainfall falls from 1300 mm to 1010 mm. Roughly what is the percentage change?

    • 10 percent decrease
    • 22 percent decrease
    • 29 percent decrease
    • 35 percent decrease

  10. On the UK rainfall line from 2015 to 2023, which year is the clearest dry anomaly?

    • 2015, at about 1180 mm.
    • 2023, at about 1330 mm.
    • 2019, at about 1280 mm.
    • 2022, at about 1010 mm.

  11. Why can a single hot summer not prove that climate change is occurring?

    • Weather changes daily
    • Seasons always vary
    • Temperatures fluctuate randomly
    • Climate needs 30 years

  12. Why does a warmer atmosphere tend to produce heavier rainfall events?

    • Lowers air pressure
    • Reduces cloud cover
    • Holds more vapour
    • Increases wind speed

  13. What was the heavy-rain index value in the UK during the 2020s?

    • 100
    • 150
    • 132
    • 115

  14. What is the percentage increase from an index of 100 to 132?

    • 16 percent
    • 100 percent
    • 32 percent
    • 132 percent

  15. Which term describes a single unusually hot year rather than climate change?

    • Weather anomaly
    • Global trend
    • Orbital cycle
    • Climate shift

  16. Which organisation provides the most trustworthy long-running UK weather records?

    • The Met Office
    • Social media
    • Local tabloids
    • A personal blog

  17. What factor makes a historical weather dataset most reliable?

    • Long record consistency
    • Recent publication
    • High popularity
    • Colourful graphs

  18. If one year shows very low rainfall in a generally wet decade, what is it called?

    • Permanent shift
    • An anomaly
    • Total proof
    • New climate

  19. What must be checked before trusting a weather index trend?

    • Font size
    • Paper type
    • Page length
    • Data provenance

  20. Which type of evidence best shows that the Earth's climate is changing?

    • Single heatwave
    • Multi-decadal trends
    • One cold winter
    • Daily forecast

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