Weather and Climate Review

WEATHER is defined as ____________.

• The YEARLY average condition of the air outdoors, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, and rainfall.

• The CURRENT condition of the air outdoors, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, and rainfall

• The boundary where a warm air mass replaces a cold air mass

• A statement about what you think will happen based on what you know.

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What is CLIMATE?

• The AVERAGE conditions in a place over a LONGER period of time.

• The AVERAGE conditions in a place over a SHORT period of time.

• The DAILY environmental conditions we experience around us

• The temperature in a place over a seven day period.

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What is PRECIPITATION?

• The current condition of the air outdoors, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, and rainfall

• The amount of water vapor in the air

• Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from the sky

• How hot or cold something is

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If you want to know how much it rained last night, you would use a ______________ to measure the amount of rainfall.

• Rain guage

• Wind vane

• Thermometer

• Anemometer

A team of meteorologists are recording daily temperatures in their city and comparing the measurements with data collected over several decades. What type of information are they investigating?

• Weather, because they are measuring temperature

• Climate, because they are comparing data over time

• Weather, because the measurements can change daily

• Climate, because the data is collected for only one city

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Which table correctly classifies statements about WEATHER and CLIMATE?

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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 ____________ of an area?

• Climate

• Temperature of one day

• Weather

• Type of soil

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Which statement is describing CLIMATE?

• It snowed 12 centimeters last night.

• Last winter was colder than normal.

• There is a thunderstorm watch for the local area.

• The temperature will be between 32°C and 37°C all

  week.

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Which of the statements below describes the CLIMATE of an area?

• A storm is moving through Denver and 4 inches of snow is expected.

• A thunderstorm will cause flooding in Houston all week.

• San Diego typically has warm weather and sunny skies in June.

• This year Seattle had more rain than last year.

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A fifth grade class took daily readings of the air temperature for a week and recorded them on a class chart.

Based on the chart, which statement is correct?

• The air temperature went up and then down.

• Monday and Friday were the warmest days.

• The air temperature was higher on Friday than Monday.

• The air temperature went up steadily from Monday to Friday

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