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1
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What is celsuis measured with?

A

With a thermometer

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What is air pressure measured with and what is its measurement?

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It’s measured by a barometer and is measured by millibars.

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3
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What is the measurement for wind speed and what is measured by?

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Miles Per Hour and measured by anemometer.

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4
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The measurement for snow is centimeters but what is it measured by?

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Snow gauge

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5
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Rain is measured by a rain gauge but what is the measurement for it?

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Millimeters

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6
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Is longitude vertical?

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True

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7
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Is latitude horizontal?

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True

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Countries near the equator is warmer and humid.

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True because the sun’s rays travel less there.

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Is the Greenwich Merdidian at 0° longitude?

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True

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10
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Is the equator 0° latitude?

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True

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11
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North Pole is 90° N

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True

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12
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Arctic circle 66.5° N

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True

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13
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Tropic of Cancer 23.5° N

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true

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14
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Tropic of Capricorn 23.5° S

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True

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15
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Antarctic Circle 66.5° S

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True

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16
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South pole 90° S

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True

17
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What are other influences on temperation variation?

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altitude
ocean currents
prevailing winds
distance from the sea

18
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Frontal rain

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warm moisture laden air from the south meets cold air from the north and form the warm from when it cools it creates precipitation

19
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relief rain

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onshore moisture winds rises and the air cools down water vapour condenses to form clouds when it cools it leads to precipitation

20
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convectional rain fall

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warm air rises then the ait cools down as it cools it creates precipitation

21
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high pressure weather

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high pressure is when the air is pressing down on us frost during winter anti cyclone sunny dew colder in winter because clousds arent keeping the warmth in. warmer in summer because clouds aren’t covering the sky

22
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low pressure weather

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low pressur is when the air is rising depression when the wearher is rainy/depressing /cloudy /windy

23
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air masses

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air masees from the south are warmer air masses from the north are colder

24
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climate graphs/how to draw a inter pret

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the axis is the month the right y axis is the temperature and the left y axis is the precipitation

25
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climate change - how does current global warming work and influence our weather/climate

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climate change happens brcause greenhouse gases trap the suns ray inside our atmosphere and make our temperature rise

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