The weather is closely related(联系) to our life. It is all around us all the time. It is an important part of our lives. We can't control(控制) it,  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it often controls how and where we live and what {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (do) .Read this passage and learn something about the weather.

    What is weather?

    The weather is just the state of the atmosphere(大气层) at any time, such as temperature, wind, rain, sun, etc.

    What makes weather change?

    As we know, not every place on the earth gets the same amount of sunlight. Some places get more sunlight. So it's {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (warm) in those places. Some places get {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (little) or no sunlight in winter. Then those places have {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (low) temperatures. These {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (different) in temperature make the air and water move around the earth. The movement helps to take the heat energy from the sun {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the earth. So the weather changes.

    What's the difference between weather and climate(气候)?

    Climate is a place's weather over a long time. The weather changes from day to day and even from hour {#blank#}8{#/blank#} hour. It can be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sun) in the morning, cold and wet in the afternoon. But the climate changes very

 {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (slow) over lots of years.