Weather and Climate

When you explain the _____, you tell about the daily conditions

outside. It may be hot, rainy, or cold

• weather

• climate

______ is the weather that a place has over a long period.

• weather

• climate

The ________, or the height of land above sea level, affects climate, too. High places and mountains are cool most of the year.

• increase

• elevation

This type of climate is cool or cold most of the year.

• arctic

• desert

• temperate

• tropical

This type of climates is wet and hot most of the year.

• arctic

• desert

• temperate

• tropical

This type of climates is wet and hot most of the year.

• arctic

• desert

• temperate

• tropical

This type of climate is not as cold as arctic climates or as hot as  

tropical climates.

• arctic

• desert

• tropical

• temperate

This type of climate is dry because it gets little rainfall. The days are hot and nights are cold.

• arctic

• desert

• tropical

• temperate

What type of climate is found throughout Greenland?

• arctic

• desert

• tropical

• temperate

______, is the kind of plant life that grows in a certain climate.

• ecosystem

• vegetation