Meteorology

What is the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather includes long term temperature

• Weather includes short term temperature

• There is no discernable difference

Climate can be described as

• a region's average weather conditions over a long period of time

• cloud coverage that changes during a soccer game

• short term physical conditions such as temperature

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What are some of the major factors that determine climate?

• differences in the properties of high and low pressures in the span of a week

• gravitational pull of the sun and the moon over a 24 hour span

• uneven heating, rotation of the earth, differences in the properties of land, air and water

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Which climate zone is North Carolina defined in

• warm temperate

• cool temperate

• highland

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Which state generally has the highest average rate of tornadoes?

• Florida

• Kansas

• Texas

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What was a consequence of rain from Hurricane Florence in North Carolina?

• storm surges reached the coast of Charlotte

• giant pits filled with coal ash leaked

• coastal farming was subjected to prolonged droughts

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What happens when it becomes harder for meteorologists to predict the weather?

• they are barely able to warn people about quickly intensifying storms like Hurricane Otis in Mexico

• the models and calculations that they have been using for decades are sufficient to predict the quickly changing weather patterns

• there is a general consensus that meteorologists just like to read the news and have no real idea about weather

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Which of the following are a consequence of widespread weather pattern changes?

• heat waves, droughts, and large storms occur more frequently

• droughts and floods tend to even each other out on a regular basis

• large storms tend to do less damage than small storms

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Which is the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth?

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

Why is the atmosphere important?

• It keeps in the cold from space

• It protects from the Sun's heat

• It allows for extreme changes in day and night temperatures