climate

Everyday

1. The climate of a place is its usual weather over many years, such as hot and dry or cold and wet. tree →
2. Climate change means the Earth's climate is slowly changing, mostly getting warmer, largely because of gases people release by burning fuel. tree →
3. The climate of a group is its general mood: a friendly climate in class. tree →

In the lessons

In geography and science, climate is different from weather: weather is what happens today, climate is the pattern over about 30 years. Climate zones: tropical, desert, temperate, polar. Environment lessons: saving energy and planting trees help with climate change. Phrases: climate change, a warm climate, climate zone.

Examples

• The climate in the desert is hot and dry. tree →
• Ireland has a mild, wet climate. tree →
• Polar bears live in a very cold climate. tree →
• Climate change is melting the ice at the poles. tree →
• Bananas grow in a tropical climate. tree →
• Weather changes every day, but climate changes slowly. tree →
• Canada has a cold climate in the north. tree →
• There was a happy climate in our classroom. tree →
• The climate in the north of Europe is really dreadful. tree →

Note

Weather vs climate is a classic trap: «It is snowing» is weather, «It snows a lot here in winter» is climate. Pronounced KLY-mit; spelled with -ate at the end.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah each letter rules a part of the world, the year and the body. Aleph is linked with air, with the mild season of the year and with the chest. In the primary lessons: In geography and science, climate is different from weather: weather is what happens today, climate is the pattern over about 30 years. Climate zones: tropical, desert, temperate, polar. Environment lessons: saving energy and planting trees help with climate change. Phrases: climate change, a warm climate, climate zone.

Examples

• He caused the letter Aleph to reign in Air and crowned it, and combining it with the others He sealed it, as Air in the World, as the temperate (climate) of the Year, and as the chest (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

Weather vs climate is a classic trap: «It is snowing» is weather, «It snows a lot here in winter» is climate. Pronounced KLY-mit; spelled with -ate at the end.