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Weather
  Blowing Cloud - Weather Category  
 

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  1. After Galileo invented the thermometer in 1612, scientists for the next 200 years experimented with different liquids in the thermometer. What was the most popular type of liquid used?

     
    1. Alcohol
    2. Mercury
    3. Wine
    4. Salt water
    5. Acid
     

     
  2. What is the fastest recorded speed of a sneeze?

     
    1. 166.7 km/h
    2. 200.2 km/h
    3. 95.2 km/h
    4. 370.0 km/h
    5. 25.3 km/h
     

     
  3. What weather phenomenon kills more people in the developed world than any other natural phenomenon?

     
    1. Lightning
    2. Drought
    3. Hurricanes
    4. Tornadoes
    5. Floods
     

     
  4. In 1803 Luke Howard, an English weather hobbyist, devised a scheme for classifying cloud types into cirrus, cumulus, and stratus. What was Howard's occupation?

     
    1. Latin professor
    2. Artist
    3. Pharmacist
    4. Ship captain
    5. Sheep herder
     

     
  5. The irrational fear of thunder is called:

     
    1. Keraunophobia
    2. Katathunphobia
    3. Cumulonimbusphobia
    4. Brontophobia
    5. Sphericphobia
     

     
  6. A single flash of lightning would provide enough electricity to light a million homes.

     
    1. True
    2. False
     

     
  7. Lightning hits the earth an average of:

     
    1. 500 times per second
    2. 2 times per second
    3. 50 times per second
    4. 100 times per second
    5. 1 time per minute
     

     
  8. What causes the highest number of road accidents around the world:

     
    1. Blowing snow
    2. Fog
    3. Strong winds
    4. Blowing sand
    5. Black ice
     

     
  9. How far do most clouds travel?

     
    1. Less than 30 km
    2. 2500 km
    3. Halfway around the world
    4. Between 500 and 1000 km
    5. The distance across Canada (over 5000 km)
     

     
  10. Where was the deadliest blizzard in the 20th century?

     
    1. Canada
    2. Germany
    3. Iran
    4. China
    5. Poland
 
 
Climate
  World Climate - Climate Category  
 


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  1. Which is the driest continent?

    Antartica is the driest continent!
     

     
  2. To avoid being hit by a hurricane, you should go to

     
    1. Hawaii
    2. New Zealand
    3. The equator
    4. Canada
    5. North Sea
     

     
  3. In Toronto, Canada, the number of umbrellas lost in one year on transit vehicles is over 5000; in London, UK, the number is?

     
    1. 25000
    2. 5000
    3. 2250
    4. 34500
    5. 15375
     

     
  4. What is the average yearly rainfall in London, UK?

     
    1. 100.3 mm
    2. 1320.4 mm
    3. 752.1 mm
    4. 534.2 mm
    5. 175.3 mm
     

     
  5. What is the wettest city on earth?

     
    1. London, UK
    2. Buenaventura, Colombia
    3. Conakry, Guinea
    4. Pago Pago, American Somoa
    5. Vancouver, Canada
     

     
  6. In what year did the Baltic Sea freeze?

     
    1. 1427
    2. 1952
    3. 1645
    4. 2000
    5. 1303
     

     
  7. The highest temperature ever recorded in Canada was reached at Midale and Yellowgrass, Saskatchewan in July 5, 1937. The temperature was:

     
    1. 32°C
    2. 69°C
    3. 45°C
    4. 51°C
    5. 28°C
     

     
  8. The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom was reached at Brogdale (Kent) on August 10, 2003, when the thermometer registered:

     
    1. 23.2°C
    2. 38.5°C
    3. 50.0°C
    4. 42.1°C
    5. 45.0°C
     

     
  9. Which of these factors doesn't directly affect the climate of a location:

     
    1. Its latitude
    2. Its longitude
    3. Its elevation
     

     
  10. The Gulf Stream, a warm current in the Atlantic Ocean, has a greater effect on the climate of Eastern Canada than that of Europe.

     
    1. True
    2. False
  
 
Water
  Stream of water - Water Category  
 


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  1. How many litres of water are required to manufacture one litre of gasoline?

     
    1. 100
    2. 2
    3. 24
    4. 10
    5. 31
     

     
  2. An iceberg lives an average of 2 or 3 years.

     
    1. True
    2. false
     

     
  3. Once evaporated, a water molecule spends how long in the air?

     
    1. 2 hours
    2. 24 hours
    3. 10 days
    4. 1 month
    5. 6 months
     

     
  4. When a large iceberg melts, it produces enough water to fill how many Olympic sized swimming pools.

     
    1. 10
    2. 500
    3. 1000
    4. 2500
    5. 5000
     

     
  5. What percentage of the Earth's fresh water exists as ice in the form of glaciers and ice caps?

     
    1. 20%
    2. 95%
    3. 66%
    4. 34%
    5. 12%
     

     
  6. Water is the only substance found on earth naturally in three forms (solid, liquid, gas).

     
    1. True
    2. False
     

     
  7. Canada has about 35% of the world's wetlands.

     
    1. True
    2. False
     

     
  8. What percentage of the world's water is saltwater rather than freshwater?

     
    1. 12.5%
    2. 25%
    3. 50%
    4. 66.6%
    5. 97.5%
     

     
  9. On average, which uses more water:

     
    1. Flushing a standard toilet
    2. Taking a 5-minute shower with a standard shower head
    3. Running an automatic dishwasher
     

     
  10. On a warm day, how much water is present in the air in an average-sized room?

     
    1. 1.5 litres
    2. 4.5 litres
    3. 8 litres
    4. 15 litres
 
 


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