Weather Versus Climate

Would you think about the weather or the climate?

You are on the committee that gets to decide where the soccer World Cup will take place 8 years from now.

• Weather

• Climate

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Would you think about the weather or the climate?

Someone asks you why there are so many plants in the rain forest but there are so few plants in the desert.

• Weather

• Climate

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Deserts receive less than 10 inches of rainfall each year. This is a characteristic of ________________.

• climate

• weather

• both

• neither

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The condition of the air outdoors is-

• climate

• weather

• average temperature

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The average weather conditions of a region--

• daily temperature

• weather

• climate

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Usually or average describes-

• weather

• climate

• never occurring

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This is measured and recorded daily-

• climate.

• weather.

• seasons.

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Climate is the average weather conditions recorded over a span of--

• days

• weeks

• years

Which statement represents weather data?

• Less than 30mm of rainfall annually

• 50% humidity at 4pm

• Monsoon rains during summers

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The average daytime high for Mexico City is 30 degrees Celsius is an example of

• weather

• climate