Weather and Climate

What is the difference between climate and weather?

•  Climate averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while weather describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
•  Weather averages the weather conditions in a specific place over a long period of time, while Climate describes the state of the atmosphere at a specific moment in time.
• Climate describes the weather conditions at night, while weather describes the conditions during the daytime.
•  There is not a difference between climate and weather.

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What is the main cause of global convection currents?

• The increase in the number of cities

• Deforestation

• The greenhouse effect

• Uneven heating of the Earth by the Sun

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Air that cools becomes ___

• less dense and rises.

• less dense and sinks.

• more dense and sinks.

• more dense and rises.

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Air that is heated becomes ___

• less dense and rises.

• less dense and sinks.

• more dense and sinks.

• more dense and rises.

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The part of the Earth system that contains all of Earth's water is called the 

• atmosphere
• geosphere
• hydroshere
• biosphere

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Particles of hot soup rise slowly in a pot simmering on a stove . As the hot soup nears the surface it begins to cool. The cooler soup sinks, forming a constant movement of the soup in the pot is called a(n)

• magnetic field 
• energy system
• convection current
• conduction loop

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Drag the correct answer for each box.

a

b

c

d

Cold Molecules

Less

More

Warm molecules

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