weather and climate

A sudden change in temperature can affect current weather condition's in a specific area. Changes in average weather conditions over 30 years or more result in the area's

• precipitation

• climate

• air mass

• forecast

A group of students observes and records information about their area's current weather conditions, while another groups researches the climate of the region in which they live. Which question can best be answered from the contributions of both groups?

• What conclusion can be made when comparing the climate of two different regions.

• What tools and methods should be used to conduct this investigations

• what is the difference between weather and climate

• How valid is the information collected on weather and climate

Which statement is related to climate?

• The temperature has never dropped below 0 $\degree$ C in April

• The barametric pressue is high today

• The sky is dark and cloudy.

• There is a severe thunderstorm warning for the San Antonio area tonight

A student examines the temperature and precipitation on a given day using a Celsius thermometer and a rain gauge. The student is measuring -

• temperature only

• climate only

• wind speed only

• specific weather conditions

Which of there best describes climate?

• Decades of weather data show an average temperature of 23 $\degree$ C for Laredo
  

• Unusually high tempertures were recored one day in January

• An unexpected drought caused changes to the ecosystem last summer

• a front is brining warmer temperatures to Corpus Christi

Which statement best describes weather

• weather is the average temperature of an area over several years

• weather is recorded yearly

• weather changes and recorded daily

• weather cannot be predicted

What is the difference between weather and climate

• weather is measured over a period of years and climate changes daily

• weather changes daily and can be predicted, but climate cannot ever be predicted.

• weather cannot be predicted, but climate is certain

• weather conditions describe the daily atmospheric conditions, and climate is the average weather of an area measure over many years

______ is the average pattern for weather over a long period of time.

• climate
• weather
• forecast
• sunlight

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