Weather vs. Climate
The short-term conditions in an area, like today’s temperature or rain.
What is weather?
The imaginary line that runs around the middle of the Earth.
What is the Equator
This climate zone is found near the Equator and stays warm all year.
What is the tropical climate zone?
A biome with high rainfall and lush plant life near the Equator.
What is a rainforest?
The average weather patterns of a region over 30 years or more.
What is climate?
The two lines of latitude that mark where the sun’s rays are most direct.
What are the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
This climate zone receives very little precipitation.
What is an Arid Climate
The Sahara and Mojave are examples of this biome.
What is a desert?
This includes temperature, precipitation, wind, and humidity when describing weather.
What are weather conditions?
Areas closest to this receive the most direct sunlight.
What is the Equator?
This climate zone can have large temperature changes between day and night.
What is a Arid climate?
Most weather occurs in this lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is the troposphere?
Climate is usually measured over this many years or more.
What is 30 years?
The Earth’s tilt of about 23 degrees causes this.
What are the seasons?
This climate zone includes rainforests and has high humidity.
What is a Tropical Climate