Weather and Climate

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What is weather?

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Atmosphere conditions at a certain time and place

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What is climate?

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Weather conditions over a long period of time.

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Humidity is a measure of

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Water Vapor

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The force with which air molecules push on a surface is

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Air Pressure

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High speed winds that circle the Earth and effect weather are

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Jet Streams

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When 2 air masses meet, the boundary between them is a

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Why do latitudes close to the equator have warm climates?

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They receive more solar energy.

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What are the 2 main factors that determine climate? Options: Precipitation and Humidity, Temperature and Air Pressure, Precipitation and Air Pressure, Temperature and Precipitation

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Temperature and Precipitation

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The amount of water vapor in the air is

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Humidity

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What is air pressure?

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The force of air molecules pushing on a surface.