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UNIT 2 Test
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1 Read the sentences and tick (✓) the corresponding weather.

Temperature Humidity Wind Precipitation

Water that falls to the ground from the

atmosphere. ✓
The first international standard for measuring
it was created by Admiral Beaufort in 1806.

We use a thermometer to measure this.

It describes how much water vapour is

present in the air.

It is moving air and its speed can be

measured using an anemometer.

It can be measured in Celsius / Centigrade or

Fahrenheit degrees.

To measure this, we use a rain gauge.

A measure of how hot or cold the air is.

We use a hygrometer to measure this.

2 Complete the sentences.

liquid  cirrus  rain  millions  snow  sleet
hail  ice  thin  bad  drizzle  clouds

a. Liquid precipitation includes rain and .

b. is the name given to water droplets that measure more than 0.5 mm
across.

c. Solid precipitation includes and . They form

when the air around the cloud is cold.

d. is a mixture of rain and snow.

e. form when warm air rises and then cools down.

f. clouds are and located high in the sky. They

often mean weather is coming.

g. Clouds contain of droplets of and water.

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3 Look at the graphs and circle the correct answers.

a. In which month of the year is the average temperature the highest?

June   July   August
b. What was the approximate highest temperature?
26˚C   37˚C   47˚C
c. What is the scale used in the temperature graph?
Kelvin   Fahrenheit   Celsius
d. Which two months had the least precipitation?
March and April     June and July    September and October
e. What instrument do you think they used to take measurements for the second graph?
An anemometer   A rain gauge   A hygrometer

4 What is the difference between weather and climate? Choose the correct option.
a. Weather / Climate describes all the
atmospheric conditions present in a specific
Sunny
place and time.
Partly
cloudy
b. We talk about four different factors when
we talk about weather / climate:
Cloudy

Rainy
temperature, humidity, wind and
Stormy
precipitation.
Snowy

Foggy c. Weather / Climate describes the main

Wind
weather characteristics of a place.

d. We split weather / climate into three

main categories: polar, tropical and
temperate.

e. Water, air and heat from the Sun work

together to make weather / climate.

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5 Colour in the boxes about the different climates using the corresponding colours:

Polar – blue    Temperate – yellow    Tropical – red

… have mild weather with Countries with this climate lie

Polar climates… hot summers and cold between the Tropic of Cancer
winters. and the Tropic of Capricorn.

The most densely populated

Tropical climates… … are cold all year around. parts of the world lie in this
region.

… are warm all year round Winter brings darkness and

Temperate climates…
and have rainy seasons. temperatures as low as -50 ˚C.

6 Colour in Spain’s different climates using the key below. Then, complete the sentences
using the words in the box.

high  mild  low  winter  summer  snow  round  rainy

a. Oceanic climates are

MAR CANTÁBRICO
and .

b. Mediterranean climates have

temperatures in the
CEAN

summer and mild winters and it does

ATLANTIC O

not rain much.

c. Mountain climates have very

temperatures in
winter and mild temperatures in
summer. At high altitudes,
SEA

ITER
RAN
EAN precipitation falls as .
MED

d. Mediterranean-Continental climates
have very low temperatures in
and very hot ones in
.

• Oceanic climate: green e. Subtropical climates have mild

• Mediterranean climate: orange temperatures all year .
• Mediterranean-Continental climate: yellow
• Mountain climate: blue
• Subtropical climate: red

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