Climate

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 climate does a desert have?

• Tropical

• Polar

• Arid/Dry

• Temperate

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Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?

• Tropical

• Polar

• Arid/Dry

• Temperate

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Which of the following does NOT have an affect on a region's climate?

• Large bodies of water

• Latitude

• Mountains

• Longitude

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Regions closest to ________________ tend to have warmer year-round climates.

• Forest Fires

• South Pole

• North Pole

• the Equator

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What does "latitude" refer to?

• the distance away from the Equator

• how much rain a place gets

• how high up a mountain a place is

• the number of seasons a place gets

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The higher the altitude of a city, the _______________ the temperatures are.

• hotter

• colder

• more consistent

• weirder

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Is the Earth heated evenly?

• Yes

• No

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How do ocean currents affect climate?

• they cause hurricanes

• they spread temperatures around the Earth a little bit more evenly

• they make the Equator closer to Earth

• they cause the seasons

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Surface currents are driven by _____________.

• sea critters

• differences in temperature

• wind

• the Equator

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