Climate vs Weather Vocabulary Activity

You can expect Uma, Arizona to be sunny because of its

• climate

• weather

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The condition of the atmosphere, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, rainfall.

• climate

• weather

• meteorology

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The average winter temperature is 45 C.

• weather

• climate

James grabbed a rain coat before catching the school bus. It was already cloudy and the TV news reported that there would be rain all day long in Columbus.

• weather

• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?

• Tropical

• Polar

• Arid/Dry

• Temperate

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Which of the following best describes weather?

• day to day conditions of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

• long-term conditions (months/years) of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

• the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

• The part of the Earth that has all of the ice on it plus santa lives that and he is making toys and eating creambetweenz.

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The average winter temperature is 45 C.

• weather

• climate

• neither

• storms

Which of the following best describe the term 'climate'?

• the day to day changes in the atmosphere around us

• is taken over a long period of time

• precipitation

• is taken over a short period of time

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Which of these best describes climate rather than weather?

• Wind speed is changing as a storm moves through an area.

• The temperature is decreasing in a slow-moving cold front.

• Annual high temperatuers in the summer have increased over many decades.

• The rainfall during one year was greater than the rainfall during the next year.

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Each school year for 30 years, the amount of rain that fell at a school was measured and recorded. Tracking rainfall over a long period provides the most information about which characteristic of an area?

• Climate

• Temperature of one day

• Weather

• Type of soil