1. Unit 5: Global Climate Change
Lesson 1: Climate and Weather

2. What is climate and how does it compare to weather?
Essential Question
What is climate and how does it compare to weather?

3. Weather
How did you decide how to dress for school today? Would you need a jacket or could you wear shorts? Did you need to bring an umbrella or wear a jacket with a hood?
Answer these questions in at least 5 sentences.

4. Weather
Weather is
the atmospheric condition at any given time or place
it changes rapidly, even by the hour

5. Brainstorm and Google some terms that you associate with weather.
Weather Terms
Brainstorm and Google some terms that you associate with weather.
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6. Conditions that Affect Weather
Definition
How it is Measured
Temperature
How hold or cold the air is
Thermometer
Humidity
Amount of water vapor in air
Rain Gauge
Wind
Movement of air
Anemometer
Air Pressure
Force exerted on you by weight of tiny particles in air
Barometer

7. Climate
Where in the world would you rather be right now? Describe the weather what you would see there?
Answer these questions in at least 5 sentences.

8. Climate
Climate is
the long term average weather conditions of a specific location
determines kinds of plants & animals that live in specific locations
precipitation & temperature over time

9. Conditions that Affect Climate
Definition
Amount of Sunlight
Warmth, Dry
Latitude
Distance north & south of equator
Oceans & Bodies of Water
Wet
Altitude
Height above sea level

10. Climate versus Weather

11. Weather OR Climate The next pictures show either WEATHER or CLIMATE .
Answer which one is represented and WHY?

12. This picture shows weather because day to day forecasts are a condition of the air outdoors.

13. This picture shows weather because sunshine is a condition of the air outdoors.

14. This picture shows climate because it shows averages of temperatures over time.

15. This picture shows climate because a drought is a condition of a region over a season or years.

16. This picture shows climate because it shows the temperatures over a year in Las Vegas.

17. This picture shows weather because a storm is a condition of the air outdoors.

18. This picture shows weather because lightening is a condition of the air outdoors.

19. This picture shows weather because snow is a condition of the air outdoors.

20. This picture shows weather because lightening is a condition of the air outdoors.

21. This picture shows weather because icicles are a condition of the air outdoors.

22. This picture shows climate because it shows an average or typical weather over time.

23. This picture shows weather because snow is a condition of the air outdoors.

24. This picture shows weather because these symbols are descriptions of conditions of air outdoors.

25. West Deptford, NJ
Weather
Climate