Weather vs Climate

Each school year for 30 years, the amount of rain that fell at a school was measured and recorded. Tracking rainfall over a long period provides the most information about which characteristic of an area?

• Climate
• Temperature of one day
• Weather
• Type of soil

Which of these best describes climate rather than weather?

• Wind speed is changing as a storm moves through an area.

• The temperature is decreasing in a slow-moving cold front.

• Annual high temperatuers in the summer have increased over many decades.

• The rainfall during one year was greater than the rainfall during the next year.

Which statement below describes climate?

• It’s hot outside.

• It's normally warm outside.

• It’s raining outside.

• It’s cold and snowing outside.

Winds are currently blowing from the North in Blanding, UT.

• weather

• climate

Sandra visited her grandma in Florida over Thanksgiving. She noticed that they were selling bathing suits at the stores. Her grandma said they sell bathing suits all year because Florida is warm.

• weather

• climate

Scientist are studying water levels of a lake for 30 years. What are they studying?

• Climate, because they are measuring over a long period of time

• Climate, because they are measuring the rainfall

• Weather, because they expect rainfall to continue

• Weather, because they are tracking changes to the environment

Meteorologists forecast this.

• Climate
• Weather

These multiple sources (rain fall, lake levels and satellite data) are averaged to measure changes in:

• Climate
• Weather

Blizzards, Heatwaves, High winds are all examples of __________________ events.

• Climate
• Weather

Bluff receiving 2 inches of rain in a day is a ____ event.

• Climate

• Weather