Weather And Climate Change Flashcards
What is Mitigation
To limit or eleminate the effects of climate change
What is a primary effect
An effect that is directly caused by the hazard
What is an Extreme weather
A weather significantly different from the average or usual weather
What is Planning
Identifing and avoiding places most at risk of disaster
What is a TRS
Very powerful low pressure weather system
Whare do TRSs happen
In the tropics between 5 and 30 degrees north and south
Name one primary effect of Typhoon Hiyan
The deaths of 6190 people, 30K fishing boats destroyed, 1.1M tonnes of crops destroyed
Name two UK weather hazards
Storm Events, Flooding, Drought, Cold weather
State what you do on a Discuss question
Write about BOTH sides of the argument
Name 2 natural causes of climate changs
Ice ages and warm periods,. solar radiation, change in earths orbit
State one form of evidence for climate change
Sedement and ice cores, pollen analysis and historical records
Name 2 social effects of climate change
More tourism in some areas, more deisises and health risks
When did it happen
2014 in Stormset
Name one case study we have learnt about UK extreme weather event
Stormset Levels
Name a cause of the floods
Rivers have not been dreged for more than 20 years, wettest January since 2010
Name 4 forms of mitigating climate change
Alternative energy production, International agreements, Reforestation/Afforestation, Carbon Capture plants
Name one form of adapting to climate change
Stillts, Educationg farmers of agraculture and climate change, artificial glaciers
How long is the Quanternary period
2.6M years - Today
What would be the impact of climate change on the UK
More heatwaves like that of 2018, introduction of pests like mosquitoes and desises like denguie fever
Name an economic impact of the stormset levels
The damage costed £147.5M, Bristol to Tauton railway closed
Is the UK weather getting more extreme
Yes because we can see more extreme weather.
