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Weather and Climate
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Identify the difference between weather and climate, and answer questions about each.
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What is currently happening to the Earth's climate?
It is staying the same
It is changing
It is warming
It is cooling
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Weather or Climate? "This weekend is supposed to be sunny."
Weather
Climate
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Weather or Climate? "Tennessee has hot and humid summers."
Climate
Weather
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WeatherorClimate?"The temperature around glaciers over a period of years has stayed consistent"
Weather
Climate
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What are the three major climate zones?
Hot, warm and cold
Dry, wet and moist
Polar, tropical and temperate
North pole, south pole and equator
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Temperature is:
the amount of water vapor in the air
how hot or cold something is
information
weather
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Everything that has allowed people to settle in harsher climates involves...
technology
money
energy
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What is weather?
Seasonal temperature, preipitation, etc
Average temperature, rainfall, etc
climate
Daily temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, etc
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Weather or Climate? "Typically the rainfall in June is less than one inch."
Weather
Climate
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Weather or Climate? "It has not rained this month."
Weather
Climate
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What is causing our climate to change?
The hole in the ozone
The Earth's core getting hotter
The Sun is getting hotter
Humans
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Weather or Climate? "The sky looks cloudy."
Weather
Climate
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Weather or Climate? "The yearly rainfall in the rainforest is between 50-260 inches."
Weather
Climate
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What is data?
Climate
Pieces of information
The amount of water vapor in the air
Average weather
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What is climate?
Daily temperature, rainfall, etc
Average tempterature, rainfall, etc over 30+ years
hot or cold weather
The seasons
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Humidity is:
the amount of water vapor in the air
information
Hot hot or cold the air is
precipitation
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Weather or Climate? "This week's high temperature is 70 degrees."
Climate
Weather
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Ancient people settled in what types of climates?
Hot and dry
Wherever they were
Temperate
Wet and cold
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Weather affects...
Food
Daily activities
Seasons
Where people live
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What climate zone is Tennessee in?
Polar
Tropical
Temperate
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Weather or Climate? "Tomorrow it will be cold and rainy."
Weather
Climate
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What type of weather will you find in a low pressure area?
clear skies
cloudy/rainy
Cool wet air
Hot dry air
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Climate affects...
Food
Where people choose to live for a long time
Daily temperature
Daily activities
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Which one of these things affect climate?
Closeness to the equator
Shape of land
ALL of the above
Elevation
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Weather or Climate? "It usually snows in January."
Weather
Climate
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How long would it take to know the climate of a certain place?
hours
years
days
months
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To determine the climate of a place over time, you must look at:
Humidity
Precipitation
Temperature
Climate
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What type of weather will you find in a high pressure area?
cloudy/rainy
Hot dry air
clear skies
cool wet air
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What has driven people to study weather?
To get a weather forecast
Growing crops
To keep people safe
To know where to live
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What things allowed people to start living in harsher climates?
transportation
heat
refrigeration
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What has allowed people to settle in other places?
cars/transportation
Climate change
Heat/refrigeration
better food
