Weather or Climate?

1. Read the following list of events and decide if weather or climate affected them. Put a “W” or a “C” beside each,
depending on your choice.

a. A Chinook melted most of the snow during the Calgary Winter Olympics. _____
b. Canadians spend a fortune on ice salt every year. _____
c. Only one of the battles of the War of 1812 was fought in the winter. (The exception was the Battle of New
Orleans.) _____
d. Recently, the opening game of the Blue Jays was played with the SkyDome roof closed because it was so
cold. _____
e. The Americans wanted to get the war in Iraq over with before the heat of the summer. _____
f. Britain was saved from attack by Spain in the sixteenth century because a terrible storm sunk most of the
Spanish ships. _____
g. The hay crop in southern Ontario was very good in 2003 because of a wet spring and a dry summer. _____
h. If you are going to Jamaica for the March Break, you’d better take lots of sunscreen. _____

2. For any three of the examples in the above question, explain how things might have turned out differently if the
weather or climate had been different.

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 Comparing Canada’s Climate Systems

3. Make a climate graph for two (2) of the above climate stations and provide jot note interpretations of what you
observe from the data you graphed

4. Answer the following questions about your climate station.

a. What is the mean annual temperature?
 Station: ______________________

 Station: ______________________

b. What is the total annual precipitation?

 Station: ______________________

 Station: ______________________

c. What is the temperature range?

 Station: ______________________

 Station: ______________________

d. How many months is there snow? (the number of months with temperatures under 0°C)
 Station: ______________________

 Station: ______________________
5. Is this a maritime or continental climate? Give two (2) pieces of evidence.

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6. Using the Factors Affecting Climate from your notes, explain why the climate is the way it is for each of your
stations.

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 Climate Graphs

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