World Climates

What is the difference between weather and climate?

• Climate changes each day but the weather does not.

• Weather describes the conditions at one time but climate is a pattern over a long time.

• Weather is temperature but climate is precipitation.

• Climate affects organisms but weather does not.

How can a tall mountain have different climates?

• The temperature drops as elevation increases.

• Precipitation can vary as elevation varies.

• Both A and B.

Why are temperate climates warmer in the summer and colder in the winter?

• Earth is closer to the sum in the summer.

• Temperate areas get more direct sunlight in the summer than winter.

• Winds generally blow from the ocean in the summer and toward the oceans in the winter.

• There are fewer clouds to block sunlight in the summer.

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What would happen if Earth had no greenhouse gases?

• The climate would not change.

• Earth would become cooler.

• Earth would become warmer.

• The climate near the equator would become warmer.

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Taller smokestacks reduce the greenhouse effect.

• True

• False

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What are two things that help determine the climate of an area?

• Water and Wind

• Wind and Animals

• Animals and Plants

• Temperature and Precipitation

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Why might places with the same latitude have different climates?

• They might have different elevations.

• They might have different plants and animals.

• People might build different kinds of houses.

• Farmers might grow different crops.

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