Questions

[nessi86]

Put questions to the numbered in the text sentences using prompts:
(1) What ...? Disjunctive question.
(2) General question.
(3) Alternative question.
(4) What ... ?
(5) Why ...?
(1)weather is a state of prevailing atmospheric conditions over a particular area or place at a specific time with reference to such natural conditions as temperature, sunshine, rain, fog, wind, etc(2)The climate of any place results from the interaction of a number of determining factors, of which the most important are latitude, distance from the sea, relief and the direction of the prevailing winds(3)Latitudes determine the main characteristics of the climate (4)Temperature, the most important climatic element, depends not only on the angle at which the sun’s rays strike the earth’s surface but also on the duration of daylight. (5)The sea greatly modifies the climate; its waters have a higher specific heat than the rock of the land surface, and they warm up more slowly and also cool down more slowly than does the land.

[English Guru]

1) What do atmospheric conditions prevail over?
Weather is a state ...., isn't it? (disjunctive question)
2) Does the climate of any place result .... ?
3) Do the latitudes determine the main or secondary characteristics of the climate?
4) What is the most important climatic element?
5) Why do sea waters warm up and cool down more slowly than does the land?