Weather and Climate

What is the big difference between climate and weather?

• Weather can only happen on certain occasions and climate can happen anytime anywhere

• Weather is how if feels outside for one day and climate is how it feels for periods of time

• There is no difference between them

• Weather is real and climate is fake

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Which two are false?

• Occluded fronts are the most common front

• Stationary fronts stay still

• Weather is how it feels outside over a long period of time

• The symbol for a cold front is blue triangles

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What is a CRQ?

• A reference to a TV show

• A constructed response

• Something imaginary

• None of the above

Climate is how it feels outside over a long period of time and weather is how it feels outside for one day in one part of the world.

• True

• False

What type of cloud is small and puffy?

• Stratus Clouds

• Cumulus Clouds

Where does weather occur?

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Ozone layer

• None of the above

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Which are good examples of a stationary front?

• It rained for one hour today

• It has been snowing for two weeks straight in Alaska

• It was sunny yesterday but now it is raining

• It has been sunny all month and it hasn't rained once

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Which one is a warm front?

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What is a barometer?

• A tool used to measure temperature

• A tool used to measure rainfall

• A tool used to measure air pressure

• A person who studies weather

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What is fog?

• A magical substance

• A cloud that is by the surface of the Earth

• Something that doesn't exist

• A scientist who studies weather

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