Science · Grades 4–8
Weather records and environmental data · revision card
Weather describes shorter-term conditions; climate concerns longer-term patterns and distributions.
Keep these ideas clear
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.
Two useful examples
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
Explain it without looking
- What additional information is needed before attributing a change in a stream’s level to rainfall alone?
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