Weather Data and Climate

_______________________ is the average weather of an area over a long period of time.

• weather

• climate

• data

• maps

A ____________________ is a map that shows weather data for an area at a specific time.

• weather map

• thunderstorm

• hurricane

• climate

The diagram is a _______________________ that shows the conditions at a certain weather station.

• station model

• weather map

• climate map

Which phrase BEST describes a satellite image?

• a measurement of how much rain has fallen

• a picture of Earth taken from space

• a description of the climate in a region

• a count of the number of storms that happened

Which information is shown on a weather map?

• how far it is between two cities

• how many raindrops are in a cloud

• how deep lakes are

• how air masses are moving

What can scientists determine by studying a radar image?

• where a storm is located

• where the atmosphere ends

• what things live in a region

• what an area's climate used to be

Why do scientists collect weather data over a long period of time?

• so they can make larger data tables

• so they can describe weather in different places

• so they can look for patterns

• so they can measure temperature accurately