Unit 1: Climate around the world pg. 50 - 54

Question 1

What is weather?

Answer 1

Weather is the day to day temperature conditions, or other things like wind/rain, in an particular area.

Question 2

Give an example a weather condition on a day.

Answer 2

You basically have infinitive options: It could be cold and windy; Warm and sunny; Cold and snowing; Warm and rainy; etc., etc..

Question 3

What is climate?

Answer 3

Climate is what the weather is like in an area over a long period of time.

Question 4

Give an example of a climate in an area.

Answer 4

Like weather, you basically have infinitive options: It could be mild and wet; Wet and cold; Hot and dry; Hot and wet; etc., etc..

Question 5

How do we describe climate?

Answer 5

We describe climate by looking at temperature and rainfall.

For TEMPERATURE, we say how hot/ cold it is. We use words like “cold”, “mild” and “hot”.
For RAINFALL, we say how much it rains. We use words like “wet” and “dry”.

Question 6

What are wet areas?

Answer 6

Wet areas are specific areas that get lots of rain during the year.

Question 7

How much rain, on average, does wet areas get?

Answer 7

1000 mm.

Question 8

What are dry areas?

Answer 8

Dry areas are specific areas that do not get much rain during the year.

Question 9

How much rain, on average, does dry areas get?

Answer 9

Less than 250 mm.