1. Comparing Climate vs. Weather

2. What is Weather? Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere for a specific place at a specific time

3. The atmosphere is the layer of gases that surrounds the Earth

4. The atmosphere causes the changes in: The clouds

5. The warmth of the Air

6. The moisture

7. The wind

8. What is Weather? Weather describes the current conditions: It is sunny today It is windy outside It is humid It is cold

9. What is Climate? patterns of weather conditions within a large region over a long period of time Climate describes: Decades Centuries,or even longer

10. Weather changes over a SHORT period

11. Climate changes over a LONG period

12. Things that cause climate Amount of Sunlight

13. Mountains/Valleys

14. Bodies of Water

15. Atmosphere

16. Configuration of Land Masses

17. Climate zones

18. Vegetation data

19. Climate or Weather? DescriptionClimate or Weather? It is always warm near the equator It is rainy outside today Las Vegas is a Desert The Rainforest is a very wet area We are supposed to have cloud cover over the Oakville area tomorrow climate weather climate weather

20. Climate or Weather? DescriptionClimate or Weather? We get snow every November to March It is going to snow tomorrow It is supposed to be warm this weekend It is very humid outside It was very windy yesterday climate weather

21. Climate or Weather? DescriptionClimate or Weather? We get warm weather every summer in Canada It is warm all year long in California It is only going to be sunny for an hour today, then it will rain The tropical rainforests are very moist places We had record rainfall last week climate weather climate weather

22. Graphic Organizers Watch the following 2 video clips. Links at the end of the presentation Draw two mind maps: one about Weather and another about Climate Weather

23. Climate

24. Climate has changed frequently throughout Earth’s Past

27. Climate Change Over the past decade, scientists have observed an increase in mean world-wide temperature

28. – Not all places are getting warmer

29. – Some places are actually getting cooler

30. Climate change refers to: – Changes in temperature – Changes in precipitation – Wind patterns - Storm patterns

31. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/science/earth-sci/climate-weather-sci.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUiwtVSkUwQ