Climate, Weather & Atmosphere

What is the difference between climate and weather?

•  Climate averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while weather describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
•  Weather averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while Climate describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
• Climate describes the weather conditions at night, while weather describes the conditions during the daytime.
•  There is not a difference between climate and weather.

What is weather?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.

• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place-- daily or even hourly.

• The average weather over many years

• The average temperature over many years.

When the sun's rays pass through our atmosphere and then heat is trapped by the atmosphere it is called

• Global Warming
• Greenland Effect
• Greenhouse Effect
• Ice Age

Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences climate?

• Heat Trapped by the Atmosphere

• Oceanic Currents

• Longitude

• Wind Currents

How is wind formed?

• Differences in longitude

• Shock waves from clouds

• Uneven heating of Earth and air temperature

• The rotation of the earth

Which storm is a column of warm air that spins upward forming a funnel shaped cloud?

• thunderstorm

• blizzard

• hurricane

• tornado

High winds, floods, and pounding waves are the main dangers in this kind of storm.

• thunderstorm

• blizzard

• hurricane

• tornado

Coriolis effect

• caused by Earth's rotation
• caused by Earth's revolution
• caused by Earth's tilt
• caused by Earth's winds

Radiation is transferred by ____

• flow of energy
• touch
• rays and waves 
• winds

Source of all energy in our atmosphere

• ions
• water cycle
• The Moon
• The Sun