Weather

Question 1

What are the factors that influence weather

Answer 1

Latitude, altitude, aspect, distance from the sea

Question 2

What does tropical maritime air mass bring

Answer 2

warm and wet conditions

Question 3

What does tropical continental air mass bring

Answer 3

hot and dry conditons

Question 4

What does the polar maritime air mass bring

Answer 4

cold, wet and windy

Question 5

What does the polar continental air mass bring

Answer 5

cold and dry conditons

Question 6

What does arctic maritime air mass bring

Answer 6

cold and wet conditons

Question 7

How would a tropical continental air mass affect Britons

Answer 7

Droughts, ice cream sales rise, people head to the beach, difficult to do physical work outside, grass could die causing problems for farmers, hosepipe bans

Question 8

Affects of arctic maritime air mass on Britons

Answer 8

Blocking of road, car crashes in unsafe conditions, increased energy prices so people stay warm, closing of schools, people suffer from hypothermia,

Question 9

What does an anticyclone/ high pressure system bring in winter

Answer 9

Lack of cloud allowing heat to escape, cold temperatures, gentle winds(isobars spaced far apart), wind blows clockwise

Question 10

What does an anticyclone/high pressure system bring in summer

Answer 10

Warm, dry, little wind

Question 11

What is stage 1 of a depression

Answer 11

Before the depression the conditions are calm and pleasant and relatively warm and no rain but cirrus clouds begin to float about

Question 12

What is stage 2 of a depression

Answer 12

At the warm front where warm air meets cold air and rises above it due to the warm air being lighter their is steady rained and temperatures begin to rise while the clouds get thicker

Question 13

What is stage 3 of a depression

Answer 13

The warm sector is a region of warmer air between the hot and cold front. Hot air begins to rise forming cumulonimbus clouds and conditions tend to be dry but some rain is possible

Question 14

What is stage 4 of the depression

Answer 14

The cold front hits as cold air moves in and undercuts the hot air. The cumulonimbus clouds are now fully formed resulting in heavy rain as the temperature drops as the cold air is dominant

Question 15

What is stage 5 of the depression

Answer 15

After the depression cold air continues to dominate and temperatures reach their lowest while the cumulonimbus shrink to form cumulus clouds there is also prolonged rain

Question 16

What happens during an occluded front

Answer 16

Sometimes a depression brings an occluded front where the cold front catches up with the warm front causing a rise in pressure and a change in wind direction