Geography Weather and Climate
- Created by: rblackhurst190
- Created on: 11-05-18 10:32
Other questions in this quiz
2. How might an errupting volcano NOT change the climate?
- Ash produced blocks out sunlight
- Leads to global warming by producing hot lava
- Sulfur dioxide produced forms droplets of sulfuric acid that reflect solar radiation
3. Describe a rain gauge
- A cylinder which catches rainfall and has a funnel to direct the rain into a measuring flask
- The day to day changes in the condition of the atmosphere
- A tube filled with mercury set in a reservoir, which balances the weight of the mercury against atmospheric pressure
- A weather map showing the isobar pattern and the symbols for the weather
4. Which of these changes do not occur in a depression?
- cumulus clouds form at the warm front
- air rotates in an anticlockwise direction
- cumulonimbus clouds form just before the cold front passes
- tropical maritime air mass is lifted off the ground by a polar continental air mass
5. Which of these is not a source of data used to produce a weather forecast?
- a weather ship
- an anemometer
- a land based station
- a geostationary satellite
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