Climate

What is climate?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

What is weather?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place.
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

What climate does a desert have?

• Tropical
• Polar
• Arid/Dry
• Temperate

Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?

• Tropical
• Polar
• Arid/Dry
• Temperate

The seasons are caused by___________?

• The direction the Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun
• Tropical Storms
• Changes in the moon
• The Earth's rotation on its axis

In which position is it Spring in the Northern Hemisphere?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

In which position is it summer in the Northern Hemisphere?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Which of the following does NOT have an affect on a region's climate?

• Large bodies of water
• Latitude
• Mountains
• Longitude

Which of the following is NOT an example of an adaptation?

• Colors to blend in to surroundings
• The Earth moving around the sun
• Migrating butterflies
• Webbed feet

An adaptation is _____________.

• the environment that an organism lives in
• the affect of climate on an organism
• not important for the survival of an organism
• any structure or behavior that helps and organism survive