Weather, Climate, and Seasons

What is climate?

• the average weather in a certain place

• the weather occuring at a certain time.

• it changes quicky

• is only precipitation

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What is weather?

• The average temperature in a region

• The average precipitation in a region.

• The atmospheric conditions at a certain time and place.

• snowfall

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Why do we have seasons?

• Earth is straight on its axis

• All hemispheres receive the same amount of light

• Earth is tilted on its axis

• The equator does not get much sunlight.

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Areas near the equator are typically

• cold year round

• warm year round

• always dry

• have 4 seasons

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Polar regions are

• warm because they receive less sunlight

• cold because they receive less direct sunlight

• Very wet

• Very hot

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The northern hemisphere experiences summer when the southern hemisphere experiences

• the vernal equinox

• winter

• Summer Solstice

• the spring

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The Northern hemisphere experiences Winter during

• March April May

• December January February

• June July August

• September October November

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The Southern Hemisphere experiences Winter during

• December January February

• June July August

• April May June

• September October November

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Barometers measure

• wind speed

• air pressure

• snow fall

• air speed

Temperate Regions

• experience four seasons

• Are always warm

• are always cold

• are not where we live

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