Weather and Climate 5.8A

Which of these best describes climate rather than weather? (5.8A)

• Wind speed is changing as a storm moves through an area.

• The temperature is decreasing in a slow-moving cold front.

• Annual high temperatures in the summer have increased over many decades.

• The rainfall during one year was greater than the rainfall during the following year.

Weather is

• day-to-day

• over a long period of time

average

• weather

• climate

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 provides the most information about which characteristic of an area? (5.8A)

• Climate

• Temperature of one day

• Weather

• Type of soil

The layers of air above and around Earth

• Climate

• Weather

• Pressure

• Atmosphere

now

• weather

• climate

The general weather for a location over a long period of time

• Climate

• Weather

• Atmosphere

• Air Pressure

The daily environmental changes in a specific location

• Climate

• Weather

• Atmosphere

• Conditions

Climate is

• day-to-day

• over a long period of time

• A

• B

• C

• D