Weather and Climate

What is weather?

• Changes in the atmosphere that occurs on a daily basis

• Patterns of the atmosphere over a course of several years

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Describe a temperate climate

• snow, cold temperatures, ice

• warm and dry summers, short and rainy winters, near warm oceans

• hot summers, little rain, dry air

• a lot of sunshine, very hot temperatures, rain, humid

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Areas with warmer climates are located...

• Near to the equator

• Far from the equator

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A location with a colder climate may have...

• high elevation

• low elevation

A climate with extremely cold temperatures, snow, far from the equator is...

• Temperate

• Tropical

• Polar

• Dry

If sunlight hits a region at an angle, the region will have a...

• colder climate

• warmer climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Tropical climates are very...

• dry

• cold

• humid

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which climate does not get a lot of rain

• polar

• temperate

• dry

• tropical