Weather, Climate, and the Water Cycle

`Which shows an example of weather?

• Yearly Average rainfall is 20%
• Arid year round
• Daily changes in temperature
• Average monthly rainfall

Our class was collecting weather information and charting it.  What would it be if we continued to record data for the next 30 years?

• Weather
• Climate
• Yearly average

If you make a graph showing the average monthly temperatures in a region, would that be weather or climate?

• Climate
• Weather
• Neither

A class made a data table showing data monthly for this year.  Are they recording weather or climate?

• Weather
• Climate

What is the effect of solar energy when it is absorbed by the ocean?

• Cloud formation caused by condensation
• It gets hot
• Precipitation
• The water evaporates and goes into the atmosphere

What would decrease because of more evaporation of water from the ocean?

• Drought conditions
• Rain
• Climate data
• Cloud formation

If a student watched a show that told them that East Texas is an area with typically high humidity and an average rainfall of 16 in. a year, what did the student learn?

• Regional Weather
• Regional Climate Data
• Regional News

Weather or Climate?
It's raining outside.

• Weather
• Climate

Weather or Climate?  The temperatures are normally warmer than in most places.

• Weather 
• Climate

Weather or Climate?
It's hot outside.

• Weather
• Climate