Introduction to Weather

Weather occurs because of unequal heating of the atmosphere.

TRUE

Wind speeds have an influence on local weather conditions.

TRUE

The weather in a location is related to

All of the above

The weather of a region depends on:

All of the above

As rising air cools, any water vapor within it starts to:

Condense

Generally when hot air rises,

Dense air replaces it Wind forms

The temporary state of the atmosphere in a region is known as climate.

FALSE

Which of the following are not true of weather:

It changes slowly while climate changes rapidly.

Unequal heating occurs when a region receives more sunlight and therefore becomes warmer.

TRUE

Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time.

TRUE

What is weather?

The temporary state of the atmosphere in a region

A location's weather depends on ______.

all of the above

______is weather averaged over a long period of time.

climate

Climate can be described as the average of _____ over a long period of time.

weather