Geography - Weather and Climate

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What is the weather, short term or long term?
Short Term
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W or C: "November is usually the wettest month in Newquay."
Climate
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W or C: "It rained heavily all afternoon."
Weather
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What are the two main causes of the weather?
The Sun, Water Vapour
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What is the bottom layer of the atmosphere where weather happens?
Troposphere
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What is the term defined?: 'Any moisture falling through the atmosphere e.g. rain/snow/sleet'
Precipitation
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In Frontal Rainfall, which air mass slides up and over the other?
Warm
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What type of rainfall is it when the Sun warms the ground, currents of warm air rise and then the rising air cools?
Convectional
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On what type of land does Relief Rainfall happen?
Mountain
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What is the force of the air pressing down on the Earth's surface?
Air Pressure
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What term is used to define the 'height above sea level'?
Altitude
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What is the name of the line that runs across the middle of the Earth?
Equator
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Which air mass has extremely cold temperatures and very little moisture?
Arctic
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What is temperatured measured with?
Thermometer
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What is wind speed meausured with?
Anemometer
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What is the ocean-current system starting in Florida that moderates the climate of the UK and North-West Europe?
North Atlantic Drift
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Over how many years does the orbital and tilt change occur?
41,000 years
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What is the name of the large international agreement to try and reduce climate change?
Kyoto Protocol
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Card 2

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W or C: "November is usually the wettest month in Newquay."

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Climate

Card 3

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W or C: "It rained heavily all afternoon."

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Card 4

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What are the two main causes of the weather?

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Card 5

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What is the bottom layer of the atmosphere where weather happens?

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