What is the long-term average of weather in a given area?

What is the long-term average of weather in a given area?

• A. Season
• B. Climate
• C. Weather
• D. Atmosphere

Answer: (B)

The idea here is distinguishing weather from climate. Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere—temperature, rain, wind, humidity—varying from moment to moment. When you take weather data over many years and calculate the typical values and patterns, you get the climate for that area. So the long-term average of weather is climate. Seasons are calendar divisions that reflect regular yearly patterns, not the long-term average itself. The atmosphere is simply the air surrounding Earth that carries these weather processes.

The idea here is distinguishing weather from climate. Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere—temperature, rain, wind, humidity—varying from moment to moment. When you take weather data over many years and calculate the typical values and patterns, you get the climate for that area. So the long-term average of weather is climate. Seasons are calendar divisions that reflect regular yearly patterns, not the long-term average itself. The atmosphere is simply the air surrounding Earth that carries these weather processes.