Weather and climate

The day to day changing atmospheric conditions are...

• Weather

• Climate

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The overall pattern or average of atmospheric conditions is...

• Weather

• Climate

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Which of these are types of weather? Tick as many as are correct.

• Drizzling

• Sunny

• Foggy

• Sub-tropical

• Hailing

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Weather can change very quickly (at least, here in NZ it can)

• True

• False

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____ energy from the sun is one of the main drivers of weather and climate.

• Cool

• Electrical

• Heat

• Potential

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Air pressure is...

• A type of weather

• The sort of climate you get at high altitudes

• How hard air particles push on us and everything around us

• Caused by heat energy

What causes seasons?

• The tilt of the earth's rotation changes how much heat energy we get

• The sun gets hotter and colder at different times of the year

• It's a random process, but it happens at the same time each year

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Tairawhiti has a _________ climate

• Tropical

• Temperate

• Sub-tropical

• Continental

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What are some key features of Tairawhiti's climate? Tick all that are correct.

• Lower rainfall than western and central NZ

• Southwesterly prevailing winds

• Tornadoes

• About 2000 sunshine hours each year

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What are some things that influence climate? Tick all that apply

• Terrain

• Rain

• Oceans and seas

• Latitude (how far from equator)

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