How do weather and climate differ?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Weather refers to the state of the atmosphere in the short term at a given location whereas climate is a description of aggregate weather conditions based on observations over many decades.

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Nutrias are large, herbivorous, semi-aquatic rodents native to South America that live in Louisiana.  They have destructive feeding and burrowing behaviors.  What term would a biologist use to classify this nonnative species based on its ecosystem role?

What will be an ideal response?

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As a plate moves over the hot spot, the volcano moves off and dies, and a new volcano forms over the hot spot. This process generates:

a. volcano islands b. volcano acres c. independent volcanos d. hot-spot track

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Which of the following exerts the greatest pressure?

A) a 40 gram object on a surface of 2.0 cm2 B) a 60 gram object on a surface of 3.0 cm2 C) a 80 gram object on a surface of 4.0 cm2 D) None, they all exert the same pressure.

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How do economists assess (calculate) the economic health of a nation?

- net domestic product - net primary productivity - Gross Domestic Product - gross primary productivity

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