Vocabulary - Weather and Climate

What is weather?

• A flavor of ice cream

• A game played outside

• A type of clothing you wear

• The condition of the air or atmosphere on our planet

What can change the atmosphere in a certain area?

• Only the wind

• The color of the sky

• Many different factors like temperature and wind

• Only the temperature

What is the difference between weather and climate?

• Climate changes every day, weather does not

• Weather changes minute-by-minute, climate is over a long period of time

• Weather is about the ocean, climate is about the land

• There is no difference

What is precipitation?

• A new video game

• A type of dessert

• Water that falls from the sky

• A loud noise

What is elevation?

• the height of a mountain

• height above sea level

• Rain that is colored white

• five main climate types

Fill in the blank. Regions closer to the ______ receive more direct sunlight.

• polar

• tropics

• equator

• factor

What is the meaning of the word "characteristics"?

• traits that are similar

• what a person looks like

• a special quality or trait

• how a character behaves

How long does it take for a region's climate to change?

• A few days

• A few hours

• Every time it rains

• Hundreds to millions of years

What are the five main climate types?

• windy, rain, snow, sleet, ice

• polar, continental, moderate, tropical, dry

• sunny, cloudy, stormy, dry, freezing

• regions, sunlight, equator, humid, rainfall

What is NOT a form of precipitation mentioned?

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Sand