Weather and Climate

Which of the following statements is a not about climate data?

• Dallas had a high of 99 degrees yesterday, hot, hot!

• In NY, the average temperature in January is below freezing.

• Costa Rica stays about 75 degrees F. annually.

• Texas has an average temperature of 95 degrees during the summer.

Which of the following determine the climate of a location?

• The distance from Round Rock , Texas.

• The average rainfall and temperature that has been measured over the years

• Distance from the equator and how much rain they get.

• Rainfall and humidity.

Which ones talks about climate rather than weather?

• The wind speed changed when the cold front came thru last night.

• The humidity for the 4th of July will be 100%

• Last year we got more rainfall than the year before

• The temperature has increased greatly over the last 100 years.

The water cycle takes water to land away from the coast. Which one is the steps in order.

• Precipitation, Condensation, Accumulation

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

• Accumulation, Precipitation, Condensation

What does this description represent? Due to the location of Florida, it should be a desert, it is a temperate forest. It is surrounded by water and it is a peninsula. The average rainfall in the last 30 years is an average of 40 to 70 inches per year.

• Weather in the United States

• Climate in Florida

• Florida's jet stream

• Wind and temperature in Florida

Which of the following does NOT describe what happens in the water cycle.

• Water becomes rain and falls from the clouds

• Sun is the main source of energy

• Clouds cause evaporation of water from the oceans

• water moves in a cycle with no beginning or end

The sun and the ocean interact with each other, which one of these statements show this interaction?

• When the sun shines, it decreases the level of the ocean.

• The sun actually increases the water levels in the ocean all the time.

• The sun doesn't change anything at all in the ocean

• The sun changes the level of the ocean water

Here is a chart of recorded temperatures in Houston, according to this data, what is difference between the highest and lowest temperatures in a year?

• 11 degrees c.

• 0 degrees c

• 17 degrees c

• 28 degrees c

A cloudy day at the beach, what interaction do the sun and ocean have to make clouds near the beach?

• There is thermal energy that cause the evaporation of the water

• Sun light is reflected on the surface of the ocean

• The sun light decreases the water vapor at the beach

• Thermal energy causes precipitation near the beach.

The diagram shows the process of evaporation over the ocean, how does this affect the land around.

• more erosion of the shoreline

• drought

• snow

• rain