Climate and Climate Change

Which is the best definition of CLIMATE?

• The current weather that happened this week.

• The AVERAGE weather over a long period of time. 

Climate change is___

• A long term change in the current weather

• A short term change in the current weather

• A long term change in the average weather

• A short term change in the average weather

Affects climate by changing the amount of solar energy given off by the sun, correlating with sunspot cycles

• volcanoes

• oceans

• solar variations/cycles

• changes in the earth's tilt

Affects climate by the movement of warm surface currents and cold deep currents.

• volcanoes

• oceans

• solar variations/cycles

• changes in the earth's tilt

The climate of a region or city is its average ______.

• rainfall

• temperature

• weather

• climate

Climate change is also a change in Earth's overall ______.

• climate

• temperature

• weather

• rainfall

Weather is the ________ changes we see in temperature, clouds, rain or snow, wetness in the air and wind.

• short-term

• long-term

• average

• slight

The climate of an area is its weather averaged over many years.

• True

• False

​Earth's climate is always _____.

• the same.

• changing.

• hot

• cold

Studies show that Earth's climate has been getting ______.

• colder

• warmer

• wetter

• drier