Climate and weather - Year 6

Question 1

What is weather?

Answer 1

Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time

Question 2

What is microclimate?

Answer 2

A microclimate is a small area with different conditions to the general weather.

Question 3

Who studies weather?

Answer 3

Meterologists

Question 4

What instrument is used to measure wind speed?

Answer 4

Anenometer

Question 5

What is climate?

Answer 5

Climate is the average conditions of the atmosphere foe a certain place over a long period of time such as 20 years.

Question 6

What is aspect?

Answer 6

The direction a place is facing

Question 7

Where are the instruments of weather kept?

Answer 7

Stevenson screen

Question 8

What is atmpospheric pressure measured in?

Answer 8

hPa - hectopascals

mb - millibars

Question 9

What instrument is used to measure precipitation?

Answer 9

Rain gauge

Question 10

What is the average atmopsheric pressure?

Answer 10

1013mb - at 0m above sea level at 40 latittude and 0 degrees celcius

Question 11

What are the three different types of rainfall?

Answer 11

Relief (orographic)

Convection

Frontal

Question 12

What is cloud cover measured in?

Answer 12

1/8ths or ocktas

Question 13

What is used to measure wind direction?

Answer 13

Weather vane

Question 14

Why is it colder in Britain than in Singapore?

Answer 14

Singapore is found on the equator

Question 15

Name different types of precipitation.

Answer 15

Rain

Snow

Drizzle

Hail

Fog

Sleet

Dew

Question 16

Differentiate between rural and urban areas.

Answer 16

Urban - towns and cities

Rural - country side

Question 17

What is a rainshadow?

Answer 17

The area on the leeward side of the mountain that receives very little rainfall

Question 18

Name factors that will influence microclimate.

Answer 18

Physical features

Buildings - wind breaks and wind channels

Aspect

Shelter

Surface colour

Question 19

What is a cloud?

Answer 19

Water vapour molecules that have cooled and condensed to form water droplets

Question 20

Which cloud is made of ice crystals?

Answer 20

Cirrus

Question 21

Why is the city warmer than the country side?

Answer 21

Less vegetation

Artificial surfaces

Buildings trap heat

Less water sources

More reflection between buildings

Factories give off heat

Artificial sources of heat

Question 22

What is a wind break?

Answer 22

Trees block the wind from blowing over a field

Question 23

What instrument is used to measure cloud cover?

Answer 23

Mirror

Question 24

Which air mass is responsible for bringing warm dry air to Britain?

Answer 24

Tropical continental

Question 25

Name the THREE main lines of latitude that form the tropics.

Answer 25

Tropic of Cancer

Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

Question 26

what is the latitudinal position of Britain?

Answer 26

50 to 60 degrees north

Question 27

Why is the west side of the UK wetter than the east?

Answer 27

Rain shadow in the east

Orographic rain in the west

Question 28

What colour absorbs heat best?

Answer 28

Dark colours

Question 29

What kind of rainfall do you get in summer?

Answer 29

Convectional

Question 30

What is another name for relief rainfall?

Answer 30

Orographic rainfall

Question 31

What is precipitation measured in?

Answer 31

mm

Question 32

Name the instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?

Answer 32

Barometer

Question 33

From which direction do the prevailing winds in the UK blow?

Answer 33

South west

Question 34

What happens when a warm air mass rises over a cold air mass?

Answer 34

You get frontal rain

Question 35

Where is the best place to place a stevenson screen?

Answer 35

On a natural surface

1m off of the ground

At least 10m from any building

The door has to face north