Which of the following are major influences on weather and climate?

i. the cycling of water in and out of the atmosphere
ii. the physical weathering of rocks and soil
iii. uneven heating of the earth by the sun's energy
iv. global patterns of atmospheric movement
a.
ii, iii, and iv only
b.
i, iii, and iv only
c.
i, ii, and iv only.
d.
i, ii, and iii only

B. I, III, and IV only

Explanation:

It is very common to have confusion between what is weather and what is climate. However, these are two different phenomena, even if they are interrelated and are influenced by the same phenomena as:

On a daily basis, the weather forecast is the estimate of what is expected to occur in terms of temperature and rainfall in a short period. In this sense, the weather is constantly changing: on a certain day it can be sunny in the morning, but it can rain at night, or we can have a rainy week and a sunny week. The succession of the types of weather recorded for a given period is the climate. Thus, to define the climate more accurately, it is necessary to consider the average of the climatic variables over a long period.

endo:

regulates body hormones, aldosterone, vasopressin

neural:

signal, regulates body using electric signals, reflex

endo has to do with hormones; aldosterone and vasopressin are both hormones. i also had this question and got it right : d