weather ,climate and climate zone (social studies)

________is a temporary condition of the atmosphere (the air that surrounds the planet Earth).

• climate

• weather

The weather is affected by the heat produced by the sun.

• true

• false

Moisture can't cause the weather to change.

• true

• false

Examples of precipitation

_______ describes the typical weather conditions in an entire region for a very long time—30 years or more.

• climate

• weather

________is the imaginary line that goes around the earth.

• Arctic Circle

• Equator

• tropic of cancer

The regions around the equator have the coldest climate

• true

• false

____________ shows the climate of different areas of the world.

• climate map

• climate zone

• latitudes

The earth is colder where it is farthest from the sun.

• true

• false

The line drawn between the Arctic Circle and the Equator on a map is called the