5.8A Weather and Climate 2.0

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How are weather and climate different?

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Climate covers larger areas and longer times than weather.

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Which of the following is a description of climate? Today it is hot and sunny in Phoenix, Arizona., Summers are usually mild in Lansing, Michigan., Last week it rained every day in San Antonio, Texas., Yesterday was cold and windy in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Summers are usually mild in Lansing, Michigan.

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Weather data is different than climate data. Which of the following is an example of weather data? The average high temperature in May is 21°C in the Midwest of the United States., Central Australia usually receives less than 110 mm of rainfall all year., The relative humidity was 24% at noon on July 23 in Tempe, Arizona., On average, there is 88 mm of rain in the Gulf Coast region in July.

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The relative humidity was 24% at noon on July 23 in Tempe, Arizona.

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Which of the following is a description of weather data?
The Sahara desert gets very little rainfall each year.
The average daytime high in the Amazon is 25°C.
Temperatures in the Arctic are usually below freezing.
It rained two inches in Miami, Florida on May 5th.

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It rained two inches in Miami, Florida on May 5th.

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Which of the following is a description of climate data? New York had a 2 inches of rainfall on Wednesday., Lima, Peru had a low temperature last night of 17°C., Winds are currently from the south in Ann Arbor, Michigan., The coast of Antarctica has very short summers.

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The coast of Antarctica has very short summers.

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Weather is best described as which of the following? How fast the wind is blowing, The amount of water in the air, How much air is pressing down on a particular area, The condition of the atmosphere at one particular time and place

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The condition of the atmosphere at one particular time and place

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What is the difference between weather and climate?

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Weather is short-term, climate is long-term.

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Changes from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day

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Weather

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What describes the long, hot summers in Texas? Options: Climate, Weather

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Climate

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Meteorologists forecast this: Climate, Weather

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Weather