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1
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Air pressure is measured with…

A

A barometer

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2
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Air pressure is measured in….

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millibars

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3
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High air pressure brings…

A

Fine, clear, cloudless weather with hot days and cooler evenings. In winter it brings frost

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4
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Low pressure brings…

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stormy, unsettled, rainy, wet, windy weather

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5
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A large area of high pressure is called an…

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anticyclone

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6
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A large area of low pressure is called a

…

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depression

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7
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Sunlight is measured with…

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A campbell-stokes sunshine recorder

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8
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Sunshine is measured in…

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Sunshine hours

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9
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What is atmospheric pressure?

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The weight of gases pushing down on the earth

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10
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Which air mass was responsible for the “Beast from the East?”

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Polar Continental

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11
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What is a rain shadow?

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A rain shadow is an area of dry land on one side of a mountain where it rains heavily on the other

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12
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How does a rain shadow occur?

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When warm, moist air is forced up a mountainside where it causes heavy rain, and then it dries and sinks on the other side of the mountain

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13
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What is wind speed measured in?

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kph

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14
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what is wind speed measured with?

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an anenometer

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15
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What is wind direction measured with?

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weather vane

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16
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What is precipitation measured with?

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rain gauge

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17
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what is precipitation measured in?

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millimeters

18
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what is cloud cover measured in?

A

oktas

19
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what is cloud cover measured with?

A

okta index card

20
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what is humidity measured with?

A

hygrometer

21
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what is humidity measured in?

A

%

22
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What makes up weather?

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Cloud cover, temp, precipitation, wind direction/speed, air pressure, sunlight

23
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which type of weather is related to the word bar?

A

air pressure

24
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What is an air mass?

A

A large volume of air travelling from one area to another

25
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What affects the weather that an air mass brings?

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  • temperature
  • north or south
  • over sea or land
26
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What are the air masses affecting the uk?

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Polar maritime, polar continental, arctic maritime, tropical maritime, tropical continental

27
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What is the weather coming from the polar maritime like?

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wet, cold, showery

28
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What is the weather coming from the polar continental like?

A

hot air brings dry summers, cold air brings snow in winter

29
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What is the weather coming from the tropical continental like?

A

hot, dry,

30
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What is the weather coming from the tropical maritime like?

A

hot, wet

31
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Which direction does wind go in terms of air pressure?

A

High to low

32
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On a synoptic chart, where would the most wind be?

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where the “contours” were closest together

33
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What is a synoptic chart?

A

a more detailed weather map

34
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Which direction does a depression travel in a uk?

A

west-east

35
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What direction do winds blow in a depression?

A

anticlockwise

36
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What is percolation?

A

Water moving down into the rock

37
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What is groundwater flow?

A

Water moving through the rock

38
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What is throughflow?

A

Water moving downwards through the soil

39
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What is infiltration?

A

water going down into the soil

40
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What is groundwater?

A

Water stored in the ground

41
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going to delete this question soon

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