Weather and Climate

An instrument used to show the direction of wind and measure the speed

• rain guage
• Thermometer
• barometer
• wind sock

An instrument used to measure how hot or cold something is

• barometer
• thermometer
• wind sock
• rain guage

What part of the illustration shows Evaporation? 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Pieces of information used to analyze information

• experiment
• Conclusion
• Questions
• Data

Average weather conditions of a region year after year

• weather
• season
• cold front
• climate

What is the weather like after a cold front passes through?

• dry and warm
• wet and warm
• dry and cold
• wet and cold

How are weather and climate different?

• One focuses on rainfall and the other on temperature.
• Weather is the overall conditions whereas climate is the current conditions.
• Climate is the average temperature and rainfall of an area over time whereas weather is what's happening now.
• The is no difference really.

What is the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time?

• climate
• temperature
• elevation
• precipitation

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

• Climate
• Weather

What is precipitation?

• Precipitation is when rocks fall from the sky.
• Precipitation is when water from the sky falls to the ground.
• Precipitation is when water from the sky falls to Mercury.