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Question 1

Temp of ocean currents

Answer 1

Warm or cold, affects climate of coastal areas

Question 2

What helps warm the British isles in the winter?

Answer 2

Warm currents from the Gulf of Mexico called the Atlantic drift

Question 3

What does the North Atlantic drift warm

Answer 3

Prevailing winds

Question 4

What are prevailing winds

Answer 4

They are the direction in which the wind blows most frequently

Question 5

Which is the warmest part of the uk

Answer 5

South-west, escude that’s where the wind hits and warms the temp.

Question 6

How does the directions of winds have effects on temperatures?

Answer 6

Because if they are coming from the south or north it is likely that it would be warmer south and wild be colder from north . Eg

South westerly would contain warmth for the UK

Question 7

What type of high wind speed could cause many human+physical effects?

Answer 7

155mph

Homes, pets, livestock, people

= damages

Question 8

Low wind speed+causes

Answer 8

74-95mph

• produce some damage
• floods
• minor damage

Question 9

Biggest influence on uk’s climate

Answer 9

Circulation cells (justify a how the uk’s climate changes all year round.) leads to unsettled weather

Question 10

What is the uk’s climate named as?

Answer 10

Temperate

Question 11

Maritime influence

Answer 11

Oceanic sir patterns

Cool summers, warm winters

Question 12

What is circulation cells

Answer 12

UK is located near the ‘boundary’ between the northern férrel + polar circulation cells.

Warm air from south and cool air from north meet=unsettled weather

UK= F cell (Ferrell cell)

Question 13

What is a jet stream

Answer 13

Forms at boundaries
Significant temperature difference
Affect movement of other weather systems

Question 14

What is altitude

Answer 14

Higher the altitude te cooler it is

-1 degrees 100m up

Question 15

What makes precipitation on hill tops

Answer 15

When the air is forced to rise up over highland, moisture + condensed = precipitation on hill tops

Question 16

Where does great variations in temp occur?

Answer 16

Upland areas with sunny south-facing slopes

Question 17

London = how many days of rainfall?

Answer 17

9.8

Question 18

What is a tropical storm

Answer 18

Extreme weather event (intense low pressure)

Question 19

How do tropical storms develop

Answer 19

Over warm tropical oceans where sea temps exceed 27 degrees

Question 20

What times of year do tropical storms occur?

Answer 20

Early autumn, late summer

Question 21

What affects the strength of a tropical cyclone

Answer 21

The track. The further it travels over the ocean, the more heat and moisture it collects, so increasing its strength

Question 22

Where do tropical cyclones form in the world

Answer 22

Caribbean Sea, South China Sea, Indian Ocean

Question 23

What force needs to be formed in order for a tropical cyclone to occur?

Answer 23

A rotation force

Question 24

How do we predict tropical cyclones

Answer 24

High density cloud and eye

Question 25

When do tropical cyclones form

Answer 25

Northern tropic (June+November)

Southern tropic (nov+April)

Question 26

What are airmasses?

Answer 26

Parcels of air, take on characteristics of whatever area they travel over

Question 27

5 airmasses that affect UK weather

Answer 27

Polar airtime
Tropical maritime 
Arctic maritime 
Tropical continental 
Polar continental

Question 28

What are the natural causes of climate change?

Answer 28

Solar variation, volcanism, milankoutich cycles

Question 29

3 negative impacts of climate change

Answer 29

Loss of ice in cold countries (loss of habitats)

Loss of population (coral attolls evacuating New Zealand)

Glaciers decreasing