Chapter 16, Problem 1GST

To determine

The statements that refer to weather and climate.

Answer to Problem 1GST

The statements that are correctly sorted are as follows:

a) The baseball game was rained out today- Weather.

b) January is Omaha’s coldest month - Climate.

c) North Africa is desert - Climate.

d) The high this afternoon was $\text{25°C}$ - Weather.

e) Last evening a tornado ripped through central Oklahoma - Weather.

f) I am moving to southern Arizona because it is warm and sunny - Climate.

g) Thursday low of $\text{-20°C}$ is the coldest temperature ever recorded for the city -Weather and Climate.

h) It is partly cloudy- Weather.

Explanation of Solution

Weather and climate are common phenomena in the earth’s atmosphere, and it occurs due to the combination of the Earth’s motion and energy from the sun. The air in the atmosphere also reacts to form infinite varieties of weather.

Weather is a short-term atmospheric condition of a given place, such as day-to-day variation and sometimes hour-to-hour variations in the atmosphere.

Climate is a long-term atmospheric condition of a region, such as continuous weather and variations. Climate of a region is defined by the average weather and it also includes average variations and extreme variations.