Grade 5 · Science · Unit 7 of 7
Climate
Weather patterns over many years
What your child practises
Climate as long-term weather patterns, what shapes a region's climate, and the ways human activity and the natural world affect it.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: SCI.5.E.12, SCI.5.D.7 · climate as long-term weather patterns, and the effect of human activity
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which has a climate with lots of rain all year?
- a desert
- a rainforest
- the Arctic tundra
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a rainforest
Hint: Rainforests are wet and warm.
Question 2
Why do scientists collect climate data for many years?
- to count the stars
- to find long-term trends
- to know tomorrow's temperature exactly
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to find long-term trends
Hint: A pattern needs lots of data.
Question 3
What is meant by climate change?
- a new season
- a long-term change in a region's weather patterns
- a change in today's weather
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a long-term change in a region's weather patterns
Hint: It is measured over many years.
Question 4
A climate graph shows…
- average temperature and precipitation by month
- wind direction
- the weather this hour
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average temperature and precipitation by month
Hint: It is a summary over many years.
Question 5
Why do places near large bodies of water often have milder weather?
- water makes the air heavier
- water blocks the Sun
- water warms and cools slowly
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water warms and cools slowly
Hint: Water holds heat longer than land.
Question 6
Why is one hot summer not proof of climate change?
- thermometers fail in summer
- summers are always cool
- climate is measured over a long time
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climate is measured over a long time
Hint: A single season is weather.