weather and climate

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There is a cold front moving into the area.

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​ It was much cooler summer than usual.

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Spring starts much earlier than in Florida than it does in Canada ​ ​

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Tomorrow will be rainy and cold

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The past few days have been extremely hot and sunny.

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The Sahara Desert's annual rainfall is usually less than 4 inches

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global warming

• when the Earth gets really hot in the summer

• a gradual increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere

• the pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area

• warmer air; light and steady precipitation; move southwest to northeast

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precipitation

• only the rain from the summer

• the snow accumulation in January

• moisture in the air

• any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface

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Definition of Climate

• The long-term weather patterns and conditions in a specific region or area.
• The direction of the wind in a particular location
• The amount of rainfall in a specific month
• The average temperature on a given day

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Definition of Weather

• The condition of the ground at a particular place and time
• The measurement of air pressure
• The study of celestial bodies
• The state of the atmosphere at a specific place and time

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The distance from the equator affects the climate zone....

• True

• False

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A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon

• Atmosphere

• Climate

• Weather

• Precipitation

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The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• Atmosphere

• Climate

• Condensation

• Weather

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The distance north or south of the equator; expressed in degrees

• longitude

• latitude

• geosphere

• hydrosphere