Climate and Weather

Describes the condition of the air outdoors

• climate
• weather
• average temperature

How hot or cold something is

• friction
• temperature
• gravity

Condition of the air such as temperature, cloud cover, wind and rain describe

• climate
• gravity
• weather

All weather is caused by

• wind speed
• rainfall
• the sun heating the Earth

The average weather conditions of a region

• daily temperature
• weather
• climate

Precipitation is 

• rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
• only rain.
• only snow, sleet, or hail.

Rain that occurs on a certain day of the week is describing

• seasons
• climate
• weather

Climate covers

• smaller areas than weather
• larger areas than weather

Two factors to determine climate are

• precipitation and temperature
• hurricanes and tornadoes
• humidity and pressure

How are weather and climate different?

• They both describe averages, but climate is over years.
• Climate describes daily conditions and weather describes averages.
• Weather describes daily conditions and climate describes averages.