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Cley Hill Flashcards

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1
Q

What was the title of the investigation?

A

Investigation into the effect of relief on microclimate, Cley Hill, Warminster

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What were the two hypotheses?

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As altitude increases, temperature decreases

As altitudes increases, wind speed increases

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3
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What does SMART stand for?

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Simples
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Timed
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What kit did we use to measure Altitude?

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Altimeter

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What is the problem with altimeters?

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Slow to update

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How did we solve the slowness of the altimeters?

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Teachers went ahead of the group

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How did we measure exposure?

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Clinometer and compass

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What were our problems with clinometers?

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The horizon was blocked by foliage and people struggled to find North

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How did we measure slope angles?

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Using clinometers

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What was the issue with clinometers?

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Relied on same height

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What did we measure air temperature with?

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A whirling psychrometer

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How did we measure wind speed?

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Ventimeters

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What were the issues with ventimeters?

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Got quite gusty, making the determination of scale hard

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How did we solve the issue with ventimeters?

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Made it same time as psychrometers to reduce mistakes

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How did we check our data?

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Used Met Office data and previous groups to see previous trends

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How did we present our data?

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In a spreadsheet in Excel

17
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What type of graph did we use to plot air temperature against location

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Bar Chart

18
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How did we analyse the data?

A

Measurements of central tendency

Statistical Tests

19
Q

What are the three measurements of central tendency?

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Mean
Median
Mode

20
Q

How many sites did we use?

A

12

21
Q

What were our intervals between sites?

A

20m

22
Q

Which sampling strategy did we use on Cley Hill?

A

Systematic sampling

23
Q

Why did we use systematic sampling on Cley Hill?

A

It gave us an even spread across the hill

24
Q

What were the four pieces of equipment we used?

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Pentameter, whirling psychrometer, gun clinometer and a compass

25
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What was one problem faced using the equipment?

A

We didn’t have enough gun clinometers between the different groups

26
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How did we improve the reliability of our data?

A

Replication of data collection

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