Weather and Climate

South Carolina getting 5 inches of snow on 1/3/18 was a __________________ event.

• Climate
• Weather

What can change entire ecosystems and create extinctions in species?

• Climate
• Weather

The closer you live to an ocean the more likely your climate will be?

• maritime
• continental
• tropical
• polar

A tropical climate in the US would be?

• Virginia
• New York
• California
• Florida

A polar climate in the US?

• Virginia
• New York
• Maine
• Alaska

The temperature of a tropical climate is?

• consistently warm
• consistently cool
• consistently moderate
• warm and cool

A polar climate is?

• warm and cool
• consistently moderate
• consistently cool
• consistently warm

Climates are classified according to which two major factors?

• elevation & precipitation
• latitude & temperature
• elevation & latitude
• precipitation & temperature

a boundary between two air masses

• air mass

• cold front

• front

• warm front

a front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front