Difference Between Weather and Climate
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What does weather refer to?

  • Climate change over multi-decadal periods
  • The exact state of the atmosphere at a particular location and time (correct)
  • The temperature statistics for a city in August
  • Long-term patterns or statistics of the atmosphere

    • In the analogy between weather and climate, what does the single roll of the die represent?

  • Statistics from many rolls
  • Humidity
  • Average daily high temperature (correct)
  • Temperature

    • How is climate typically estimated?

  • By measuring precipitation only
  • By looking at a single weather event
  • Based on the temperature for the current week
  • From statistics of the weather over a period of several decades (correct)

    • What other quantities besides temperature are mentioned in the text as part of climate?

    <p>Precipitation, humidity, cloudiness, visibility, and wind</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is climate change described in the text?

    <p>Long-term differences in weather statistics measured over multi-decadal periods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does tossing a six-sided die symbolize in terms of weather and climate?

    <p>Understanding the variability in day-to-day weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Figure 1.1 show in terms of global average temperature change?

    <p>A warming of 1.1 °C since the late-nineteenth century</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How has land temperature changed compared to ocean temperature?

    <p>Land warmed more than ocean</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which hemisphere experienced more warming in the past 150 years?

    <p>Northern hemisphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the fact that 85% of the world's population lives in the northern hemisphere imply?

    <p>They have experienced more warming than the global average</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organizations were mentioned as having used raw station data to estimate global warming?

    <p>NASA, NOAA, UK Hadley Center</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did some groups publicly release their code and data related to estimating warming?

    <p>To increase transparency with the data and analyses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main reason scientists seek multiple independent confirmations of important scientific conclusions?

    <p>To increase the confidence in the validity of the conclusions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the rise in sea level primarily indicate based on the text?

    <p>Global warming and its impacts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a significant finding related to the oceans' energy content according to Figure 1.1 e?

    <p>Oceans show a clear trend of gaining energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What contributes to about 93% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases, as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Heating the oceans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is the confidence in the warming of the climate system described as unequivocal by recent IPCC reports?

    <p>Consistency across various data sets and analyses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What evidence from Figures 1.1 c and 1.1 d suggests a consequence of a warming climate?

    <p>Reduction in ice cover on the planet</p> Signup and view all the answers

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