Weather and Climate

Which statement meteorologist represents climate and NOT weather?

• The city is under a hurricane watch for the next 2 days.

• The hurricane is 300 miles east of the city and moving 24 miles per hour. It may produce heavy flooding.

• The city was last hit by a hurricane 2 years ago.

• Coastal cities have warm, moist air that hurricanes need to develop.

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Every Saturday morning, a jogging group goes outside for a jog. The joggers want to know if they need to wear raincoats on their jog this morning. Which fact best demonstrates that the joggers need to wear raincoats this morning?

• In the joggers’ city, the weather forecast predicts rain this morning.

• The joggers live in a city with a humid climate.

• It rained last Saturday while the joggers were jogging.

• The joggers live in a city with a dry climate.

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Some scientist measured and recorded local rainfall amounts and water levels at several lakes over the summer. They compared their measurements with data from the past 30 years. The scientist concluded that the area was drier this summer than in previous years. They plan to continue recording measurements each summer for the next decade (10 years). What characteristics of the area are the scientists studying?

• Weather, because they expect rainfall amounts and water levels to continue to decrease.

• Weather, because they are tracking changes only to their local environment.

• Climate, because they are making more than one measurement.

• Climate, because they aren comparing amounts over long period of time.

Weather: August has the hottest temperatures each year.

Climate: A cold front is expected next week.

• The statements above correctly classify weather and climate.

• The statements above DO NOT classify weather and climate correctly.

Each school year for 30 years, the amount of rain that fell at a school was measured and recorded. Tracking rainfall over a long period of time provides the most information about which characteristic of an area?

• types of soils

• weather

• temperature of the day

• climate

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Kansa City, Missouri

Average Temperature: 53.6 degrees fahrenheit

Average Annual Rainfall: 37.6 inches

Average Humidity: 73.5%

What information does the information above describe?

• The climate for Kansas City, MO.

• The weather for Kansas City, MO.

• The forecast for Kansas City, MO.

• The ski report.

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Weather ____________________________.

• Changes day to day.

• Stays the same everyday.

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Average temperature and average rainfall, in addition to other weather information, are important parts of _____________.

• changes

• climate

• weather

• forecast

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A typical summer day in south Texas would be very hot.

• weather

• climate

• precipitation

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The current conditions in south Texas consist of mild temperatures between 65 -70 degrees fahrenheit, partly cloudy and wind conditions are calm.

• climate

• atmosphere

• weather

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