Question

Climate is best described as

a. the areas only where the temperatures drop below freezing.
b. the long-term average of weather variations in a specific area.
c. the short-term average of weather variations in a specific area.
d. the daily weather as predicted by a meteorologist

Answer 1

The correct answer is:
b. the long-term average of weather variations in a specific area.

A climate is a long-term phenomenon, which means that one snow blizzard does not change the fact that a certain location generally has a very mild climate.