Weather and Climate

What is going on with the atmosphere at any particular time.

• Weather
• Climate

The average weather conditions of a region--

• daily temperature

• weather

• climate

The amount of water vapor in the air-

• humidity

• climate

• generalization

Land closer to the equator is

• colder.

• warmer.

• dry.

Two factors that determine climate are

• precipitation and temperature.

• hurricanes and tornadoes.

• humidity and pressure.

_______ affects weather because the further north or south you go from the Equator, the less solar energy (heat).

• altitude
• latitude
• sunlight
• atmosphere

______ affects weather and climate because it heats the Earth unevenly.

• latitude
• altitude
• atmosphere
• sunlight

Earth is unevenly heated due to its?

• oceans and moon
• tilt and shape
• gravity and clouds
• climate and weather

The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the _.

• thermosphere
• stratosphere
• mesosphere
• troposphere

What are the 3 major climate zones in order from equator to the poles?

• polar, temperate, tropical
• tropical, temperate, polar
• temperate, polar, tropical