What is the definition of weather?

• The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• The day to day outside conditions at a certain time and place

• A unit used to measure temperature on a thermometer

• A large rotating storm with high-speed winds that form over warm waters

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What is the definition of climate?

• The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• The day to day outside conditions at a certain time and place

• A unit used to measure temperature on a thermometer

• A large rotating storm with high-speed winds that form over warm waters

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What is the definition of degree Fahrenheit?

• The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• The day to day outside conditions at a certain time and place

• A unit used to measure temperature on a thermometer

• A large rotating storm with high-speed winds that form over warm waters

What is the definition of hurricane?

• The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• The day to day outside conditions at a certain time and place

• A unit used to measure temperature on a thermometer

• A large rotating storm with high-speed winds that form over warm waters

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What is the definition of precipitation?

• The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• The day to day outside conditions at a certain time and place

• When water falls from the clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

• A large rotating storm with high-speed winds that form over warm waters

When water falls from the clouds as rain, snow, sleet or hail, we have _______________.

• temperature

• climate

• precipitation

• weather

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Who is a scientist that becomes an expert at measuring, understanding and predicting weather conditions?

• meteorologists

• cosmotologists

• paleontologists

• biologists

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The rising of the sea as a result of winds associated with a storm is a ___________________.

• monsoon

• big wave

• tsunami

• storm surge

_____________ are components or parts of weather that can be measured or described; these conditions can change hour to hour and day by day.

• precipitation

• weather conditions

• climate

• season

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A wall or embarkment to protect the shore from erosion and/or to protect an area from flooding is a ___________-

• seawall

• storm surge

• levee

• weather hazard

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