Weather and Temperature

What is the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather describes conditions of the air outside a a time and place. Climate is the pattern of weather in an area of a long period of time.

• Weather is the general pattern of weather over a long period of time. Climate describes the condition of the air at a certain time or place.

Average weather conditions for a region year after year.

• a. Climate

• b. Weather

• c. Pattern

• d. Prediction

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The current outdoor conditions.

• a. Pattern

• b. Range

• c. Climate

• d. Weather

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We got three inches of rain yesterday.

• Weather

• Climate

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Phoenix,Arizona has extremely hot summers.

• Weather

• Climate

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What kind of currents are moving the hot and cold air in our atmosphere?

• Convection

• Electric

• Ocean

• Conduction

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What is weather?

• When it is freezing cold all year round.

• The conditions of the atmosphere (air/sky) over a short period of time.

• The speed in which the wind travels.

• The atmosphere (air/sky) over long periods of time.

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What is climate?

• The conditions of the atmosphere (air/sky) over a short period of time.

• The changing of weather throughout the day.

• The way in which we feel when it is hot or cold.

• The atmosphere (air/sky) over long periods of time.

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The temperature is measured in units of

• degree Celsius

• degree Fahrenheit

• Percentage

• Both degree Celsius and degree Fahrenheit

The degree of hotness or coolness of a substance or the environment is

• Temperature

• Precipitation

• Humidity

• Wind

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