Climate vs Weather

What is a similarity between climate and weather?

• Both do not change

• Both describe the conditions of an area/region

• Both describe the length of a season

• Both are easy to predict

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What is the main difference between climate and weather?

• Climate describes short-term conditions and weather describes long-term conditions.

• Climate can change and weather cannot.

• Climate describes long-term conditions and weather describes short-term conditions.

• Weather can change but climate cannot.

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Which of the following is not true about climate?

• Climate describes the long-term conditions of a region.

• Climate describes the day-to-day conditions of a region.

• Climate can change.

• Climate helps us predict weather during the seasons.

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Describe how weather and climate change differently?

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Summarize the major similarities and differences between weather and climate.

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