CLIMATE

Question 1

What is the Similarities (the same) for weather and climate?

Answer 1

Weather and Climate describes 
temperature 
rainfall 
winds 
cloud cover

Question 2

What is Weather?

Answer 2

It is what is happening outside, today eg. You can see the sun is shining now, today.

Question 3

What is Climate?

Answer 3

It’s the average weather over a LONG period of time for a province or country. eg. It is hot in Gauteng in the summer.

Question 4

What 2 months do we use to measure if a region is hot or cold?

Answer 4

January and July

Question 5

January in Northern Hemisphere will be HOT/COLD?

Answer 5

COLD

Question 6

July in the Southern Hemisphere will be HOT/COLD?

Answer 6

COLD

Question 7

What is Annual Rainfall?

Answer 7

Total amount of rain in a year

Question 8

How do we measure rainfall?

Answer 8

In milllimeters ( mm )

Question 9

Where is the wettest area’s on earth?

Answer 9

Between the Tropic of Cancer 23,5 N - (Northern Hemisphere) and the Tropic of Capricorn 23,5 S- (Southern Hemisphere)

Question 10

Why is the North Pole and South Pole seen as dry ares’s?

Answer 10

Because there is no rainfall.