Weather and Climate

What is going on with the atmosphere at any particular time.

• Weather
• Climate

_______ affects weather because the further north or south you go from the Equator, the less solar energy (heat).

• altitude
• latitude
• sunlight
• atmosphere

Large body of air with the same temperature, pressure, and moisture characteristics is called?

• warm front
• cold front
• air mass
• jet stream

______ affects weather and climate because it heats the Earth unevenly.

• latitude
• altitude
• atmosphere
• sunlight

______ is the average pattern for weather over a long period of time.

• climate
• weather
• forecast
• sunlight

Earth is unevenly heated due to its?

• oceans and moon
• tilt and shape
• gravity and clouds
• climate and weather

The boundary between two air masses that meet is called?

• front
• back
• side
• air mass

The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the _.

• thermosphere
• stratosphere
• mesosphere
• troposphere

The result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area is called _.

• altitude
• pressure
• density
• air pressure

How hot or cold something is - 

• friction
• temperature
• gravity