5.3 weather and climate

Question 1

what is the difference between weather and climate

Answer 1

climate is the weather of a place over a long period of time, while weather can change over a few hours

Question 2

what is the study of weather and climate?

Answer 2

weather - meteorology
climate - climatology

Question 3

what are all the climate zones?

Answer 3

polar, tundra, mountain, temperate, mediterranean, arid, tropical

Question 4

what are all the types of weather?

Answer 4

humidity, temperature, precipitation, visibiltiy, wind, cloudiness

Question 5

what is gulfstream?

Answer 5

half cold half hot

Question 6

what is glacial and interglaical

Answer 6

glacial is the period of time when it was very cold, and interglacial is the time in between

Question 7

what are ice ages?

Answer 7

in between the warm periods, there were cold periods

Question 8

how do scientists know the earth was cold in the past?

Answer 8

there were boulders that are speculated to be carried there by ancient glaciers

Question 9

what is a peat bog

Answer 9

the decay of the plants have no oxygen and are slightly acid and a peat bog is formed