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Homework: Climate and Weather

Last updated 9 months ago
10 questions
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Weather happens day to _______ , even hour to _______ and it is still pretty _______ .

Climate happens over _______ periods of time, 30 years and longer. Climate is usually _______. In a nut shell, climate is the _______ weather over time.
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Here is how climate works. When energy from the sun interacts with the _______ , oceans, land, ice, clouds, and living things on Earth it creates the climate. These interactions are complex and they do not happen the _______ way over the planet.

For example, many parts of _______ have warm dry summers and cold mostly sunny winters with a few big snow storms. Meanwhile, a place like Thailand is hot and _______ year-round with periods of heavy rain called _______ .
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The _______ climate is now changing. You may hear your grandparents talk about snow piled up to their waste. Or being able to _______ later in the year than they can now. People are also noticing that spring is coming earlier and that weather is becoming more _______ all over the world.

Over the whole history of the Earth, about 4.6 billion years, the climate has changed _______ times. For example, the entire planet was covered in _______ about 700 million years ago. There have also been times where there was hardly any ice at all (40 million years ago).

The important thing for life on Earth is that these big climate changes have always happened _______ , over many thousands or millions of years. That has given plants, animals, and people much time to learn to _______ to these changes.
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Scientists who study todays climate notice that the Earth's climate is changing _______ than it ever has before and living things cannot _______ that fast.

The reason is simple. The Earth is _______ warming up. Scientists now know that certain things that _______ do are causing this vast change in the climate.
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In your own words, how would you describe the difference between weather and climate?
1-2 Full sentences

Sentence Starter: The difference between weather and climate is that weather is.... Climate on the other hand is...

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What is the difference between weather and climate change?

Weather refers to short term atmospheric conditions while climate is the weather of a specific region averaged over a long period of time. Climate change refers to long-term changes.


Please match the description to either explaining Weather OR Climate

  • The heatwave in Milwaukee lasted 3 days
  • There is typically a pattern of more rain in the spring than in the summer in New England
  • Alaska averages of temperature of 25 degrees every summer.
  • On our way to the mall, we were caught in a hail storm!
  • San Fransisco has mild winters and dry summers
  • I need to wear a sweater today, it looks like it is going to be cold today

  • Climate (long-term weather patterns)

  • Weather (short-term)

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What is the difference between weather and climate change?

Weather refers to short term atmospheric conditions while climate is the weather of a specific region averaged over a long period of time. Climate change refers to long-term changes.

Please match the description to either explaining Weather OR Climate

  • We quickly got out of the water because we heard thunder and lightning.
  • The average temperature in Aruba is 90 degrees almost all year long
  • Tomorrow, Florida is about to be hit by a huge hurricane
  • There was a light snow fall over night that causes my flowers to die
  • The Sahara desert is one of the dries and hottest regions on the planet with an average summer temperature of 104 degrees

  • Climate (long-term weather patterns)

  • Weather (short-term)

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People like to talk about conditions that affect their lives. Climate and weather are two of those conditions. For the following items, say whether each is about weather or climate

A) "What should I wear today Caius?" __________

B) " Hey Timothy, what equipment do I need for the camping trip next summer?"__________

C) "Rosalie did you know that it has rained on my birthday for the past three years." __________

D) "Hey Noah, we just got three feet of snow in March! That means there's no global warming!" __________

E) "Emily, I wonder when I should plant the tomato seeds in my garden?" __________

F) "It's me Aumarie! Our state has experienced the worst drought since records began more than 120 years ago."__________

G) "News flash Mabel! The drought in California has ended with the first significant storm this year dumping more than 10 inches of rain in many locations and filling most of the reservoirs to pre-drought conditions. I am only telling you this since I am your friend Kaleah" __________
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