Weathering Flashcards
Weather?
Weather is the day to day condition of the atmosphere. In the UK the weather changes everyday.
Climate?
The average weather conditions of a place taken over period time .
Locations near the equator is warm or cold?
Locations near the equator are warmer because the suns rays are more concentrated there.
What’s prevailing winds?
Is the most frequent wind direction a location experiences.
They blow east-west rather than north-south.
Altitude meaning?
Is the height of land in relation to sea level.
As altitudes increases temperature decreases.
Social Impact for the beast of the east (negative)
A social impact is icy roads, and more car accidents because of slippery roads. Flooding equals evacuations for farmers and people. Power supplies, roads and railways can be affected be floods, earthquakes and land slides.
Economic Impact for the beast of the east(negative)
An economic impact was the blizzards, gales, sleet which cost the economy millions as not many people were browsing and shopping during major snow or rainfall. Thus, we often see massive looses on sales and revenue.
Environmental Impact for the beast of the east (negative)
A environmental impact was the blizzards, rainfall, gales, and sleet as it hit the cold air brought by the beast of the east.
This means that flooding destroys farms, towns, cities, parks and forests. So plants get destroyed, farms can’t produce food, more money to spend on repair and million of expensive building that took years to make destroyed in seconds.
High pressure?
Is when cold air descends as it is more dense.
When air cools, it sinks down towards the earths surface.
This creates clear skies as the warm descending air breaks up clouds.
Advantage in high pressure…
Is that in summer the sky is clear and you get (bright and sunny) hot days and cool evenings, which means you can go to the park and enjoy the nice warm weather. More people can exercise, keep fit and be healthy.
Disadvantages of high pressure
In winter , freezing temperature freezes road which lead to more car accidents. This is because of the intensely cold weather in winter in the UK. This means more people get sent to hospitals and frostbite causes skin damage to any part of your body , especially toes, ears, hands, nose and lips.
Low pressure?
Is when warm air rises as so less dense
Low pressure weather in summer leads to rainfall, storms and flooding.
In winter it leads to stormy, rainfall, windy, weather conditions.
Advantage for low pressure
Farmers grow more crops.
Good for fishing
Activities and surfing
Heavy rainfall for crops and natural environment
Disadvantage for low pressure
Flooding damages cars, houses, cities, building, roads, transport/
Unsettled weather causes construction work to stop/
High strong winds cause trees to fall and block roads and causes damage to the human environment.
Risk of people being hurt and starved (no 🥘 food)
How clouds/rain is formed
- Prevailing winds (strong) bring warm moist air to the British isles.
- Air is forced to rise over high areas of land.
- As it rises, air cools and then condenses.
- Clouds then form as it rains 🌧
- Air descends through the other side of the mountain
- The falling air warms and so becomes drier so no 🌧 rain
What does a wind vane do (and how it looks like)
Wind vane is an instrument that shows the direction of wind blowing.
Has 4 arrows that say N/E/S/W. Sometimes has a rooster silhouette on it.
What does thermometer do (how does it look like)
It measures the temperature depending on where you are (room, outside) in Celsius and farhnheit.
(I know how it looks like)
What does the barometer weather do? (Looks like)
Measures atmospheric pressure
Round, looks like a compass. Has numbers on it. Says very dry, fair, change, rain, stormy or it just has the symbols. Has a small arrow that points to the numbers/symbols⏱
What does windspeed do?
Measures the speed of wind.
Has many types of shapes. Like a thin metal pole with 3 small round cup shapes on it and it spins as the wind blows.
