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Science · Grades 4–8

Weather records and environmental data

Weather describes shorter-term conditions; climate concerns longer-term patterns and distributions.

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Understand the idea

Weather and climate

Weather describes shorter-term conditions; climate concerns longer-term patterns and distributions.

Keep the dataset visible

The invented observations here support only questions about the stated records.

Examples and reasoning

Rainfall on four days is 2, 0, 5 and 3 mm. Find the total rainfall in mm.

2 + 0 + 5 + 3 = 10

10

Temperatures are 12, 16, 14 and 18 °C. Find the mean in °C.

(12 + 16 + 14 + 18)/4 = 15

15

Check your understanding

  1. One unusually cold day disproves a long-term warming trend. Is this valid?

    1. Only if it snowed.
    2. Only if it was a Monday.
    3. No; one day is not a long-term pattern.
    4. Yes, always.

  2. Which record best supports a local climate comparison?

    1. one opinion
    2. one lunchtime temperature
    3. many years of consistently measured observations
    4. one photograph

  3. Water vapour forming liquid droplets is

    1. evaporation
    2. freezing in every case
    3. erosion
    4. condensation

  4. Liquid water becoming water vapour is

    1. evaporation
    2. melting
    3. sedimentation
    4. condensation

Answers and marking notes

Answers and marking notes
  1. No; one day is not a long-term pattern.

    No; one day is not a long-term pattern.

  2. many years of consistently measured observations

    many years of consistently measured observations

  3. condensation

    condensation

  4. evaporation

    evaporation

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