Weather Stuff Flashcards

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What do cumulonbius clouds look like

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Huge towering clouds that often give showers

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What is the meaning of longitude and latitude

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Lines of latitude are imaginary lines that go round the world east to west
Lines of longitude are imaginary lines that go from north to South Pole

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Cirrus clouds
Stratus clouds
Cumulus

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Light high wispy clouds
Low grey shapeless cloud that forms in layers
Dome shaped with dark flat bases

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What are the 3 types of rainfall ☔️

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Relief rainfall
Conventional rainfall
Frontal rainfall
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How is rain formed ☔️

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Rain is caused by moist air rising and cooling, to create clouds. All the water vapour in the clouds join together to form water droplets witch ends up as rain☔️

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What is depression

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Depression is were warm air from the south meets cold air from the north. The bounding between them is called the polar front

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What is a warm front

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Where warm air rises up over cold air

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What is a cold front

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Where cold air sweeps round and lifts the warm air

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