Weather Flashcards

Question

How does altitude affect climate?

Answer 1

Temperature drops as height above sea level increases. It decreases by 1.0°C for every 100 m you go up. The atmosphere isn’t directly heated by the sun but by the earths surface and is distributed by conduction and convection. Therefore the further away form the surface the colder the air. Air also loses temperature as the higher it is the less dense it gets meaning not as much air to hold heat.

Answer 2

The sea warms and cools at a slower rate than the land. A sea has a greater thermal capacity, and holds on to its heat. This is because it is transparent and solar energy is absorbed to greater depths. As a result sea breezes keep costal areas warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.

Answer 3

Polar maritime Tropical maritime Tropical continental Polar continental

Answer 4

Direction; south-westerly Picks up moisture from the sea surface and so brings wet weather to the British isles Mild and wet in winter Warm and rainy in summer

Answer 5

Direction: south-easterly Dry as it forms over land surfaces Mild and dry in winter Hot and dry in summer More common in summer creates heatwave conditions

Answer 6

Direction: north westerly Wet as it picks up moisture as it travels over the arctic or North Atlantic Ocean Cold and wet in winter Cool and damp in summer Rarely experienced outside winter months

Answer 7

Direction: north easterly Dry as it comes over northern Asia land mass Cold and dry in winter Hot and dry in summer Mainly affects the British isles during winter half of the year.

Answer 8

Typhoon Haiyan

Answer 9

8th November 2013

Answer 10

The storm caused 6190 deaths and over 1785 people were reported missing Most deaths occurred in Tacloban When typhoon Haiyan made landfall, 371000 people were evacuated and many ended up living in refugee centres which eventually got destroyed due to strong winds Caused food shortages for 25 million people Further death was caused by diseases such as cholera and dysentery due to decaying corpses and raw sewage spread by flood water contaminating water supplies Electricity supplies were disrupted e.g Bogo was blacked out and it took weeks to restore

Answer 11

Five million people had homes severely damaged or destroyed 90% of all structures were wiped out across a 500 mile radius from the eye of typhoon Haiyan Those made homeless were mainly in the western and eastern Visayas 10,390 schools were destroyed Even newly built civic buildings could not withstand the powerful wind and high storm surge It destroyed all but the new Bogo town hall which only had it roof torn off and a few smashed windows Tacloban an indoor stadium with a reinforced roof was flooded killing the people sheltering inside The main Tacloban airport was severely damaged by a 5.2 meter storm surge which reached the height of the second story The runways were submerged by water and could not be used for landing and take off

Answer 12

Anti-clockwise