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Large Data Set Flashcards

1
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Where is Leuchars

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Scotland

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2
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Where is Leeming

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North-Midlands

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3
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Where is Heathrow

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London

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4
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Where is Hurn

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South England, more South than Heathrow

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5
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Where is Camborne

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South-West England

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6
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Where is Jacksonville

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East of North America

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7
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Where is Beijing

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China

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Where is Perth

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Australia

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9
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Details on daily total rainfall

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Includes snow and hail, amounts less than 0.05mm where recorded as ‘tr’ or ‘trace’

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10
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Details of total sunshine

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Recorded to the nearest tenth of an hour

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Details on wind direction and windspeed

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Measured in knots and earrings, averaged over 24 hours, windspeed categorised using Beaufort Scale

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12
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Details on daily maximum relative humidity

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Given as percentage of air saturation with water vapour, humidities above 95% cause foggy conditions

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Details of daily mean cloud cover

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Measured in ‘oktas’ or eighths of the sky covered by cloud

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Details on daily mean visibility

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Measured in metres of distance between an object that can be seen in daylight

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Details on daily mean pressure

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Measured in hectopascals

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16
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Data from which months are included in this data set

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May to October

17
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What years do the data set cover

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1987 and 2015

18
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Which is the windiest month in the UK

A

May

19
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Which is the hottest month in the UK

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June

20
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Order temperatures for each place overseas

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Perth < Beijing < Jacksonville

21
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Which is the windiest station overseas

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Perth

22
Q

Order altitude for each place overseas

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Jacksonville < Perth < Beijing

23
Q

Where is evidence of global warming

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Temp of Beijing and all places in the UK had a temperature increase of 0.5-1 degrees from 1987 to 2015

24
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Order altitude for each place in the UK

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Hurn < Leuchars < Heathrow < Leeming < Camborne

25
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Which are the rainiest months in the UK

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July and August

26
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When was the great storm

A

October in 1987

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