Climate and rain!✨ Flashcards

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What is climate?

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Climate is the average weather of a specific area over a long period of time.

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How is weather and climate different?

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Weather-
It is day by day
It is over a long period of time
Climate-
It is the average over many years
It is over a short period of time.

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When do changes in climate occur?

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The climate can change from time to time(seasonal) or may be different from place to place.

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What are clouds made up of and why are they visible?

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Clouds are made up of extremely tiny droplets of moisture called cloud droplets. They are only visible because there are billions of them in a cloud .

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What is condensation/how do clouds form?

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Clouds form when moist air rises, cools and changes into cloud droplets.

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When does a cloud give rain?

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A cloud gives rain when these tiny cloud droplets grow much larger into raindrops which then fall to the ground.

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