weather: local; current state; changes frequently; temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, humidity, hurricanes, high pressure, low pressure, tornado, cold front, warm front
causes: Atlantic ocean- warm oceans, evaporation, Rocky Mountains cold air and Gulf of Mexico warm air--> tornado alley; wind; sea breeze/land breeze; land heats and cools fast; water holds onto the heat

climate: weather over 30+ years; temperature and precipitation; mild, polar, tropical, dry, severe, highland, equator, tropics, ocean temperatures;

causes: ocean currents; direct/indirect heat thermal energy from sun; rainshadow effect; poles/equator; tropic of cancer/capricorn; latitude, gulf stream, Coriolis Effect