Climate vs Weather Vocabulary Activity

What is the year-by-year variation of the atmosphere’s condition over a large area called?

• climate

• weather

• temperature

• humidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does the gauge that Izzy is holding collect?

• precipitation

• temperature

• wind speed

• air pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a long period of time with little to no rainfall called?

• desert

• oasis

• drought

• mirage

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Should we expect ALL days in the summer to be hot?

• no, the daily WEATHER can vary

• no, the daily CLIMATE can vary

• yes, that is the definition of summer

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Average weather over a long period of time

• seasons

• el nino

• climate

• global green house

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Day-to-day variation of the atmosphere's condition locally.

• climate

• weather

• meteorology

• patterns

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The variations of weather conditions over long periods of time.

• weather

• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

It's usually warm at Christmas in Florida.

• weather

• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is the average pattern of weather over a long period of time.

• weather

• climate

Climate is the average weather as it occurred over many years of data.

• True

• False