Weather

Question 1

What is weather?

Answer 1

Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a specific time

Question 2

What is climate?

Answer 2

Climate is the state of the atmosphere over a long period of time, usually 30+ years

Question 3

What do you call the force pushing down on us?

Answer 3

Air pressure

Question 4

What do you call the water vapour in the sky?

Answer 4

Precipitation

Question 5

What do you measure precipitation with?

Answer 5

A rain gauge

Question 6

What do you measure temperature with?

Answer 6

A thermomater

Question 7

How do we measure wind speed?

Answer 7

Using an anemometer

Question 8

How do we measure wind direction?

Answer 8

Using a wind vane

Question 9

What measurements are used for cloud cover ( how much of the sky is covered in clouds )?

Answer 9

Oktas

Question 10

How do we measure air pressure?

Answer 10

using a barometer

Question 11

What is temperature measured in?

Answer 11

Degrees

Question 12

What is air pressure measured in?

Answer 12

Millibars

Question 13

Can cold air hold vapour water?

Answer 13

No

Question 14

What is convectional rainfall?

Answer 14

Sun heats the land and air, causing warm air to rise along with water vapour. The warm air then cools and condenses, forming clouds which then create rainfall.

Question 15

What is relief rainfall?

Answer 15

Warm, moist air rises over high areas before cooling and forming clouds. It then rains. The air descends, warms and becomes drier.

Question 16

What is frontal rainfall?

Answer 16

When a warm front meets a cold front and the cold air sinks to the ground. The warm air then rises above it before cooling and forming clouds. This brings heavy rainfall

Question 17

What is altitude?

Answer 17

The height of land

Question 18

What is a rainshadow?

Answer 18

The leeward side of mountains that don’t receive much rainfall

Question 19

Why are places close to the sea warmer in winter?

Answer 19

Because the seas are warmer than the land which means places close to the sea are warmed up

Question 20

Why are places close to the sea colder in summer?

Answer 20

The seas are cooler than the land in summer, cooling down areas near the sea

Question 21

What is the Gulf stream?

Answer 21

Warm water that travels from the North of Mexico into the Atlantic ocean

Question 22

What is extreme weather?

Answer 22

Any weather event that is significantly different from the average weather of a specific place

Question 23

Name 3 examples of extreme weather:

Answer 23

• hurricanes
• floods
• snow storms

Question 24

What is maritime?

Answer 24

Wet weather

Question 25

What is continental?

Answer 25

Dry weather

Question 26

What is tropical?

Answer 26

Warm weather?

Question 27

What is polar?

Answer 27

Cold weather

Question 28

Weather that is polar maritime is_______

Answer 28

cold wet weather

Question 29

Weather that is tropical continental is_____

Answer 29

warm dry weather

Question 30

Name 3 hazards from hurricanes/tropical storms:

Answer 30

• infrastructure being destroyed due to strong winds which could cause injuries or increased homelessness
• flooding which can cause injuries and destruction of homes
• Flying objects which can cause injuries or death

Question 31

What is the main human cause of climate change?

Answer 31

• The enhanced greenhouse effect

Question 31

Name 5 impacts of climate change:

Answer 31

• spread of disease = tropical diseases like malaria may spread to places like the UK as the climate warms
• Heatwaves = heatwaves will become more common and severe which could cause deaths due to the unusual heat or lack of food from droughts
• Storms = extreme weather is becoming more common which brings more floods, hurricanes and storms. This can cause injuries , destruction of infrastructure and more
• Extinction = 25% of plants and animals are at risk of becoming extinct which decreases the amount of medicine we can source through plants and could destroy ecosystems due to disruption of food chains
• Rising sea levels = sea levels rising due to melting glaciers could increase floods and threaten to destroy cities and areas on the coast

Question 32

What are natural affects of climate change?

Answer 32

Sunspots - the more, the warmer
Volcanic eruptions - ash blocks the sun which creates a volcanic winter
The earths orbit - if its circular, its warmer, if its ovular, its cooler