Weather and Climate

The weather is...

• The typical state of the atmosphere in a long period of time.
• The state of the atmosphere at a particular time. 

The climate is... 

• The typical state of the atmosphere over a long period of time. 
• The state of the atmosphere at a particular time. 

The condition of the atmosphere, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and rainfall

• climate
• weather
• trend
• season

A force applied by the weight of air

• cold front
• air pressure
• barometer
• humidity

the amount of water vapor in the air

• warm front
• precipitation
• humidity
• air pressure

An instrument used to measure how hot or cold something is

• barometer
• thermometer
• wind sock
• rain guage

Rain, snow sleet, or hail that falls from the clouds in the sky

• humidity
• liquid
• precipitation
• weather

An instrument that measures air pressure

• thermometer
• barometer
• rain guage
• wind sock

Which of these can be used to describe the condition of the atmosphere

• temperature
• cloud cover
• wind speed
• All of these

It was sunny all weekend.

• climate

• weather