Weather and climate | Geography | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

What continent is the United Kingdom in?
- Asia
- Europe ✓
- Oceania
- Africa
- North America.
Match up the key term to its definition.
- Climate
  
  ⇔
  
  The average weather conditions over thirty years. ✓
- Weather
  
  ⇔
  
  The day to day conditions of the atmosphere. ✓
- Season
  
  ⇔
  
  Divisions of the year that are associated with different weather. ✓
- Precipitation
  
  ⇔
  
  Any type of moisture that falls from the sky. ✓
What do we call an official prediction of the weather?
- 'weather forecast' ✓
In which season are trees most likely to drop their leaves?
- Winter
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn ✓
Put the lines of latitude in order from furthest north to furthest south.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Arctic Circle
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Topic of Cancer
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  Equator
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  Tropic of Capricorn
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  Antarctic Circle
At which line of latitude is the climate warmest?
- Arctic Circle
- Tropic of Cancer
- Equator ✓
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Antarctic Circle

Exit quiz

Who is making a statement about the weather?
- Andeep: "The Mediterranean coast has hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters."
- Izzy: "It was unexpectedly sunny during my trip to London!" ✓
- Sofia: "I visited Tokyo in July and it was unbearably humid." ✓
- Jun: "Northern Canada experiences long, harsh winters."
Climate is ...
- The average weather conditions in a place taken over a long period of time. ✓
- The state of the atmosphere every day
- The amount of precipitation in a place over a year
- The average temperature over a year.
The Earth moves in three ways around the sun. Which of these movements causes seasons?
- Orbit
- Tilt ✓
- Wobble
Which of these are not shown on a climate graph?
- The direction of wind. ✓
- The average temperature.
- The average amount of precipitation.
- The amount of sunlight. ✓
How is temperature shown on a climate graph?
- As an axis.
- As blue bars.
- As a red joined up line. ✓
- As crosses.
What type of patterns can be seen on a climate graph?
- Spatial
- Temporal
- Both ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

Weather is the day to day atmospheric conditions whereas climate is the average weather conditions over 30 years.
Weather can be seasonal which means our weather changes throughout the year, such as in the UK.
Climate graphs show us the precipitation and temperature of a place over a calendar year.
Analysing climate graphs can help us describe patterns of the climate.

Common misconception

Pupils may think that weather and climate are the same.

Pupils will explore that weather is the short term changes in the atmosphere whereas climate is long term changes in the atmospheric patterns of a place.

Keywords

Weather - the day to day condition of the atmosphere, e.g. sunny, snowing, warm etc.
Climate - an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more).
Climate graph - shows the amount of precipitation and the temperature each month for a location.
Precipitation - water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, hail or sleet.