Weather and climate

What is weather?

• The weather conditions over a long period of time.

• A temporary condition of the atmosphere,

• Areas where the Earth is warm or cold.

• The Earth is divided into different climate zones.

Climate is the______

• weather.

• typical weather conditions over time.

• place where animals live.

• equator.

An example of precipitation is _______

• wind

• fire

• rain

• sand

Where is the equator?

• The midpoint between the North Pole and the South Pole

• The lines of latitude.

• The lines of longitude.

• The tropic of cancer.

What are the 4 stages of the water cycle?

• conversation, participation, connection, rising air.

• clouds, rain, water, steam.

• collection, evaporation, condensation, precipitation.

• water, collection, precipitation, evaporation.

A place with very cold weather conditions where animals like polar bears and penguins live, is called__________

• tropics

• polar

• Arid

A very hot place is an _______ climate zone.

Rainforests are found in __________ zones.

What is climate change?

• Hot or cold areas.

• Changing seasons.

• Weather measured over time.

• A change in the weather patterns that take place over periods of time.

A greenhouse effect is when _____ are trapped in the atmosphere.