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What is weather?
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The condition of the air and sky from day to day
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What is precipitation?
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Water in the form of rain, sleet, or snow that falls to the ground.
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What is Temperature?
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How hot or cold the air is.
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What is climate?
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The average weather of an area over many years.
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What conditions affect the climate of an area or region?
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An area’s climate is affected by three main factors—its latitude (distance north or south of the equator), its height above sea level, and its distance from the sea.
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How does an Ocean or large body of water affect climate?
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They make winters in coastal regions a bit warmer and summers near the coast a bit cooler than they are farther inland.
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