Assessment 3

Question 1

Weather vs Climate

Answer 1

Weather is day to day

Climate is over the course of decades

Question 2

Polar Maritime Air Masses

Answer 2

Cold & wet in summer and winter

Question 3

Why does altitude effect temperature

Answer 3

Hot air is less heavy than cold air so the hot air ascends above the cold air

Question 4

Case study: Typhoon Haiyan 2013 impacts on people

Answer 4

6190 deaths

1785 missing

371,000 people had to be evacuated

Damage to seed stocks resulted in food shortages for 2.5 million

Diseases such as cholera and dysentery spread from corpses

Raw sewage got into the water supply and contaminated it

Millions experienced black outs in the Philippines

The city of Bogo was blacked out and it took weeks to restore power

Question 5

Case study: Typhoon Haiyan 2013 impacts on property

Answer 5

5 million homes were destroyed

90% of structures within a 500 mile radius were destroyed

10390 schools were destroyed

Many took refuge in a stadium that later flooded

The main Tacloban airport was flooded up to its second storey