Inputs- Local Scale

Question 1

What is precipitation

Answer 1

Any water that falls to the surface of the earth from the atmosphere including rain, snow and hail

Question 2

3 types of rainfall

Answer 2

Convectional, Relief and Frontal

Question 3

How is convectional rainfall formed

Answer 3

Due to heating by the sun, warm air rises and condenses at higher altitudes and falls as rain

Question 4

How is relief rainfall formed

Answer 4

Warm air is forced upwards by a barrier such as mountains, causing it to condense at higher altitudes

Question 5

How is frontal rainfall formed

Answer 5

Warm air rises over cool air when two bodies of air at different temperatures meet because the warm air is less dense and therefore lighter. It condenses at higher altitudes and falls as rain