Comprehension check

Ex. 1. Arrange the words into pairs of antonyms:

a) useless, few, simple, include, different, shortcoming, more, stability, begin, primary, often, most;

b) secondary, least, many, advantage, instability, exclude, seldom, complex, useful, similar, less, stop.

Ex.2.Say if the following statements are true, false or there is no information in the text.

1) Even in ancient times people tried to classify climate.

2) It is not difficult to define the difference between climate and weather.

3) There are several ways of classifying climate.

4) Climate may be defined as the long term average weather pattern in a particular place.

5) Continental climate is characterized by a great seasonal variation in temperatures, four distinct seasons, and a relatively small annual precipitation.

6) Climate is affected by both constant and dynamic determinants.

7) Oceans play an important role in determining climate.

8) The history of climate classification is long.

T9) he Köppen climate classification depends on average monthly values of temperature and precipitation.

10) The Köppen climate classification is rarely used because of its shortcomings.

11) Earth has undergone periodic climate shifts in the past, including four major ice ages.

12) The main factor taken into account in climate classification is vegetation.

13) There are different types of climate.

14) Paleoclimatology is the study of past climate over a great period of the Earth’s history.

15) According to the Bergeron classification there are sixty main categories.

16) The air masses play a major role in climate classification.

Ex. 3. In which paragraph of the text (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) can the following information be found?

1) The history of climate classification

2) The difference between climate and weather

3) The Bergeron classification scheme

4) The definition of climate

5) Factors taken into consideration in climate classification

6) Constable varieties determining climate

7) The influence of oceans on climate

Ex. 4. Choose the right answer to the following question:

What in the Köppen climate classification based on?

1) It incorporates temperature and precipitation.

2) It takes into consideration the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration from the Earth’s land surface.

3) It involves the concept of air masses.

4) It is designed in association with biomes.

5) It depends upon a location’s latitude.

6) It includes latitude, altitude and proximity to oceans and mountains.

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