01. What's the difference between climate and weather? (A K2S Question)

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Climate is what you expect and weather is what you get. Climate describes the long-term trend in atmospheric conditions. Weather describes the actual daily variation in atmospheric conditions.


Answer provided by Robert P. McCoy, Ph.D.


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer