Weather & Climate Study Guide
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1. What is the difference between weather and climate?
2. What is radiation?
3. How does sunlight affect Earth’s climate?
4. How do the oceans affect Earth’s climate?
5. How do the oceans moderate coastal climates?
6. In what layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
7. What effect do greenhouse gases have on Earth’s climate?
8. What causes the wind?
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9. What are prevailing winds?
10. How does moisture level in prevailing winds differ?
11. How does ice affect Earth’s climate?
12. How do mountains affect local weather?
13. How do hills and valleys create wind patterns?
14. What is an example of living things affecting climate?
15. Why do different areas of the planet receive different amounts of sunlight?
16. Describe polar, temperate and tropical latitudes.
17. How does altitude affect temperature?
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18. Why do meteorologists use probability forecasting?
19. Compare high pressure and low pressure. What symbols are used to show each on a
weather map?
20. What is a front?
21. What are the differences between cold, warm and stationary fronts? What symbols are
used to show each on a weather map?
22. What is a natural disaster?
23. What natural disasters are predictable?
24. What natural disasters are unpredictable?
25. What is unpredictable for all natural disasters?
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