Weather and Natural Vegetation

Question 0

What is temperature?

Answer 0

How hot or cold it is

Question 1

What elements does weather describe?

Answer 1

Temperature 
Wind
Cloud cover
Rainfall
Snow and hail

Question 2

How does weather describe wind?

Answer 2

The direction wind is coming from and how strong it is

Question 3

How does weather describe cloud cover?

Answer 3

How much of the sky is covered with clouds

Question 4

How does weather describe rainfall?

Answer 4

Whether or not it is raining and how much rain

Question 5

What words can we use to describe the weather?

Answer 5

Hot, cold, warm, cool, wet, sunny,rainy, cloudy, windy

Question 6

What is precipitation?

Answer 6

Moisture from the air which reaches Earth in the form of rain, hail or snow

Question 7

What is temperature measured with?

Answer 7

A thermometer

Question 8

What unit is used for measuring temperature ?

Answer 8

Degrees centigrade ‘C

Question 9

How does a simple thermometer work?

Answer 9

Mercury or alcohol is held in the bulb. When the temperature rises the mercury/alcohol expands and moves up the thin tube in the thermometer .

Question 10

In SA, what would a hot temperature be?

Answer 10

Above 25

Question 11

In SA what would a cold temperature be?

Answer 11

Below 12

Question 12

What was the highest recorded temperature and where was it?

Answer 12

58, in Libya

Question 13

Where is the coldest place in the world? what temperatures does it record in winter?

Answer 13

Yakutia in Siberia

Temperatures of -50 ‘C

Question 14

What do we use to measure rainfall. Where would it be?

Answer 14

A rain gauge . A rain gauge must be placed in an open area

Question 15

What is rainfall measured in?

Answer 15

Millimeters mm

Question 16

What is the average rainfall each year in SA?

Answer 16

350 mm

Question 17

What is wind?

Answer 17

Wind is moving air

Question 18

How do we name a wind?

Answer 18

We name it after the direction from which it comes

Question 19

What do we measure wind with?

Answer 19

A wind vane

Question 20

What is a wind sock?

Answer 20

It is a large bag open at both en. The wind blows through the sock and the sock shows the wind direction. It is used at airports

Question 21

Where is a windsock used?

Answer 21

At airports

Question 22

What is the weather forecast?

Answer 22

It shows us what the weather will be like tomorrow or in a few days time.

Question 23

Where can we see a weather forecast?

Answer 23

In media such as television and newspapers give a forecast every day.

Question 24

Does the whole of South Africa have a high rainfall?

Answer 24

No, some parts of South Africa are very dry and it only rains a few times a year

Question 25

What is the rainfall pattern in South Africa?

Answer 25

Most of South Africa has seasonal rainfall - this means rainfall in summer or winter. A small part is South Africa gets rain all year round

Question 26

What does weather describe

Answer 26

The temperature, rainfall and cloud cover over a short time - daily or hourly, and in a small area. This could be a village or a section of a province

Question 27

What does climate describe?

Answer 27

Climate describes the same conditions as weather but over a longer time and bigger area . Different regions of South Africa have different climates

Question 28

What are indigenous plants?

Answer 28

Plants which grow naturally in an area. These plants form the natural vegetation of an area

Question 29

What does the type of natural vegetation that grows in an area depend on?

Answer 29

The temperatures
The amount of rain
The time of year in which the rain falls

Question 30

Where do forests grow naturally?

Answer 30

Where there is over 800mm of rain in a year

Question 31

How do grasses depend on climate?

Answer 31

Short grasses need some rain and can survive frost

Long grasses need more rain and are more sensitive to frost

Question 32

What climate does fynbos need?

Answer 32

They can survive summer drought but need rain in winter. That is why fynbos grows well in the Cape.

Question 33

What natural vegetation is found in the savannah grasslands?

Answer 33

Grass, scattered thorn trees as well as baobab trees ( in the northern parts)

Question 34

Where are other grasslands found in South Africa?

Answer 34

On the plateau and higher ground areas.

Question 35

What natural vegetation is found in the Karoo?

Answer 35

Karoo Busch is indigenous to the Karoo. The bushes store water in their stems and leave so they can go for a long time without water

Question 36

What climate do proteas need?

Answer 36

Proteas are part of the fynbos family. They are indigenous to the Western Cape. They need hot,dry summers and cool, wet winters

Question 37

Where do we find yellow wood and ironwood trees?

Answer 37

In an indigenous forest. Rain is needed all year round.