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Climate System and Weather
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Weather
Weather refers to: The state of the atmosphere in a particular place and time.
Weather occurs over short time periods. The weather predictions usually cover days or weeks.
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Types of Weather
• What terms do you associate with weather?
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What Causes Weather?
• Weather is an expression of the climate system.
• The climate system is the interaction of the atmosphere, biosphere, and other parts of the Earth that determine weather at a time or place
The Atmosphere
The Biosphere
The Oceans
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http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/
Studying Climate Involves Long-term Trends
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Relating Climate and Weather
-What do the thick red and thick blue lines represent?
-What do the fluctuating red and blue lines represent?
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Why is the Climate System Important?
• The climate system determines the weather. The weather affects many of our daily decisions.
• Climate affects long-term decisions by humans.
• Climate affects long-term trends in plants and animals.