UK climates

Question 1

Which areas in the UK have an lower average annual temperate?

Answer 1

Mountainous areas/ Areas of Higher relief

Question 2

What areas of the UK have A warmer average annual temperature?

Answer 2

The west coast of the UK, as the gulf stream slightly warms those coastal areas

Question 3

What area in the UK is the driest?

Answer 3

The further east you go the drier it gets

Question 4

What’s the rainfall called at the top of a mountainous areas?

Answer 4

Relief rainfall

Question 5

What’s air mass?

Answer 5

A large volume of air in the atmosphere that is mostly uniform in temperature and moisture

Question 6

What’s the prevailing wind?

Answer 6

.The most common wind direction, which in the UK is the southwest.
.As it has travelled over large expanses of warm ocean it contains a lot of moisture, this hits the west coast, bringing rain. But leaves the eastern side relatively dry

Question 6

How does altitude effect weather/tempurature?

Answer 6

The higher the altitude the cooler it will be
.Every 100 metres 1 degree is lost
.As the air is forced to rise over high land it is cooled, causing more moisture to condense and fall as rain

Question 7

Between what 2 cells is the uk located?

Answer 7

The polar cell and the Ferrell cell

Question 8

What is a rain shadow?

Answer 8

An area behind an area of high relief (mountains) that receives less rain, due to most of the precipitation falling over the mountains as relief rain