Climate [00:57.03]Climate is the long-term pattern of weather in a _1_ area. [01:02.32]Weather can change _2_, day to day, [01:06.25]month to month or even from year to year. [01:10.45]For -3- of 30 years or more, [01:13.12]however, -4- weather patterns occur. [01:16.75]A -5- might experience a rainy week, [01:19.92]but over the long term, the region receives very little -6-. [01:25.19]Because climates are -7- constant, [01:28.13]-8- things can adapt to them. [01:30.96]Polar -9- have adapted to stay warm in polar climates, [01:35.38]while some plants have -10- to hold onto water in dry climates. [01:40.37]The -11- variety of life on Earth [01:43.04]results -12- from the variety of climates that exist. [01:47.91]Climates do change, however¡athey just change very -13-, [01:52.51]over hundreds or even -14- years. [01:55.92]As climates change, organisms that live in the area [01:59.57]must adapt, -15-, or risk going extinct.