Weather vs. Climate with Water Cycle

Weather vs. Climate

Part 1

Multiple Choice

Identify the study of weather

• astrology

• epidemiology

• meteorology

• biology

Multiple Select

Identify the difference between weather and climate

• weather is small, changes rapidly

• weather covers large areas and doesn't change from different geographic areas

• Long-term behavior of atmosphere (100+ years)

  Large geographic area

  Very slow to change

Multiple Choice

Texas would be considered a polar climate

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

All water on earth is replaced by the sun

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Identify the definition of evaporation

• Water going from a gas (gains energy from the sun)

• Water going from a liquid to a gas (gains energy from the sun)

• Water going from a liquid

Multiple Choice

Condensation forms clouds as evaporation as water going from a gas to a liquid (cools or loses energy)

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Identify when water falls out the atmosphere. Forms when the water droplets in clouds become too heavy to stay up in the sky forced by gravity to the ground.

• transpiration

• precipitation

• condensation