Geography 2

Question 1

What is climate

Answer 1

The average weather experienced in a place over a long period of time

Question 2

How long is the period of time that climate is recorded

Answer 2

30 years

Question 3

What is weather

Answer 3

The condition of the atmosphere around us. Weather describes the changes in conditioning the atmosphere everyday

Question 4

Temperature

Answer 4

Amount of heat in the air

Question 5

Wind

Answer 5

Speed and directions

Question 6

Cloud

Answer 6

Type,cover,shape and height

Question 7

Visibility

Answer 7

How far you can see

Question 8

Pressure

Answer 8

Weight of air

Question 9

Precipitation

Answer 9

Water in the air

Question 10

What are the four names given to clouds

Answer 10

Cumulus
Stratus
Cirrus
Cumulonimbus

Question 11

Cumulus

Answer 11

Low level clouds they are heaped cotton wool. Usually during finer weather

Question 12

Stratus

Answer 12

Low level clouds which cover the sky like a sheet usually bring dull weather

Question 13

Cirrus

Answer 13

High level clouds they are thin and wispy and made of ice crystals. They are seen in nice weather

Question 14

Cumulonimbus

Answer 14

Towering clouds which can be up to 10km high. They bring rain

Question 15

What is an air mass

Answer 15

A large mass of air that is blowing towards us

Question 16

How are clouds made

Answer 16

When cold air and warm air collide the cold air pushes the warm air up making clouds