Weather And Climate

Question 0

What is an argument against climate change?

Answer 0

Human settlements have been getting closer to where the measurements were taken which is increasing the temperature.

Question 1

What is the evidence for climate change?

Answer 1

Global temperature measured over the last hundred years has increased by 0.9c. Greenland ice sheet has lost and average of 195km3 of ice every year between 2003 and 2008. Sea levels have risen by 20cm in the last century.

Question 2

What sort of human activity causes climate change?

Answer 2

Burning fossil fuels, deforestation, driving cars

Question 3

What is the Kyoto protocol?

Answer 3

The aim is to reduce global emissions by 5%. Each country is set a target, the UK is to reduce emissions by 12.5% by 2012. Some countries have not agreed such ad the USA

Question 4

What are some national repsonses to global warming?

Answer 4

Government improved public transport, such as covering a wider area. Increasing taxes on cars with higher emissions like the UK.

Question 5

What are some local responses to climate change?

Answer 5

Introduce and congestion charge like in central London. Build recycling plants and give people recycling bins. Take showers. Improve insulation. Turn of lights. Don’t leave electricals on stand by.

Question 6

What is a depression?

Answer 6

A low pressure weather system

Question 7

Where do depressions form?

Answer 7

Over the atlantic ocean

Question 8

Which way do depressions move?

Answer 8

East across the UK

Question 9

How are depressions formed?

Answer 9

Warm, moist air in the tropics meets cold air from the poles. Warmer less dense air rises above the cold air. Condensation occurs as the warm air rises and forms rain clouds. Rising air calls low pressure at the earths surface. Winds blow a depression into a spiral.

Question 10

What is the warm front?

Answer 10

The front edge of the moving warm air

Question 11

What is the cold front?

Answer 11

The front edge of the moving cold air

Question 12

What weather do you get in a depression

Answer 12

Wind and rain

Question 13

What is an anticyclone?

Answer 13

A high pressure weather system

Question 14

Where does and anticyclone form?

Answer 14

Over the Atlantic sea

Question 15

Which was does an anticyclone move?

Answer 15

East across the UK

Question 16

How are anticyclones form?

Answer 16

Anticyclones are where air is falling creating high pressure moving outwards. Falling air gets warmer so there are no clouds so therefore there is no rain for days or even weeks.

Question 17

What can anticyclones cause in summer?

Answer 17

Long periods of hot dry weather

Question 18

What can anticyclones cause in winter?

Answer 18

Long periods of cold, foggy weather

Question 19

What shows that weather is becoming more extreme?

Answer 19

It is raining more for example in 2007 there were severe floods in the midlands. Rainfall is more intense especially in winter. The temperature is increasing the highest temperature of 36.5c has been recored since 2003

Question 20

What extreme weather events have the UK had?

Answer 20

In the summer of 2007 there werE severe floods in the midlands. Strong winds along with high tides caused flooding in Norfolk in 2005. Heat waves lead to drought conditions in the summer of 2003.

Question 21

What impact has extreme weather had?

Answer 21

Social-destroyed homes and floods have caused death.
Agriculture- drought, more rainfall means higher crop yield, new crops can be grown.
Health- floods lead to death, heat waves cause death and warmer winters will stop cold related deaths.
Transport- floods block roads and railways, high temperatures cause railways to buckle

Question 22

How can we reduce negative impacts extreme weather?

Answer 22

Preparation- building flood defences
Planning- emergency services and local authorities need to plan with how do deal with extreme weather such as rescuing people form floods
Warning- warning systems give people time to prepare

Question 23

What are the economic impacts of climate change?

Answer 23

higher crop yield means more crops to sell, industries that help reduce the impacts of climate change will get bigger and make more money. Protecting from climate change will cost more money

Question 24

What are the social impacts of climate change?

Answer 24

Not as much food can be grown which will result in malnutrition, starvation and ultimately death. More people will die from extreme weather events. Hotter weather makes it easier for disease to spread causing ill health and death.

Question 25

What are the environmental impacts of climate change?

Answer 25

Sea levels will rise so low lying land will be submerged and habitats will be destroyed. Higher temperature means less rainfall so some areas will turn to desserts

Question 26

What are the political impacts of climate change?

Answer 26

Water will be more scarce so there will be competition for water which could result in war. Governments are under pressure to reduce the impacts of climate change

Question 27

Where do tropical storms form?

Answer 27

Over seas with temperatures of above 27c

Question 28

Where do tropical storms happen?

Answer 28

In late summer and autumn when the sea is at its hottest

Question 29

How do tropical storms form?

Answer 29

Warm moist air rises and condensation occurs which releases large amounts of energy which makes storms powerful.

Question 30

Which direction do tropical storms move in?

Answer 30

They move west because of easterly wind near the equator

Question 31

Why do tropical storms loose strength when they move over land?

Answer 31

Their warm water supply is cut off

Question 32

Why do most topical storms occur between 5 and 30 degrees north and south of the equator?

Answer 32

Because any further away the water wouldn’t be warm enough

Question 33

What effect does the earths rotation have on tropical storms?

Answer 33

They deflect the path of the winds.