Weather & Climate

What is one way the weather affects our daily life?

• what we learn in school

• what we watch on TV

• the clothes we wear

• the food we eat

What is weather?

• the daily condition of the air or atmosphere

• a subject in school

• rain or snow

• the climate

_______ study the science of weather and try to predict it.

• biologists

• meteorologists

• engineers

Atmosphere is the thin layer of _____ that surrounds the Earth.

• solids

• liquids

• gases

What do we measure using this tool?

• amount of rain

• wind direction

• temperature

• air pressure

What is climate?

• the average weather of a place over many years

• the temperature

• the amount of rain

• the layer of atmosphere around the earth

What are the names of the climate zones?

• Arid

• Temperate

• Mediterranean

• tropical

• polar

What climate do you live in?

• temperate

• polar

• dry

Which climate zone has the coldest temperatures?

• dry

• polar

• temperate

What is a cloud?

• a large collection of water or ice particles

• rainy weather

• stormy weather

• it makes up the atmosphere