Rainfall

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  • Created on: 10-05-17 13:28
Meaing 'shape of the land'
Relief
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Where the air gets moisture from during relief rainfall
sea
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What moist air does when it cannot go through mountains during relief rainfall
rises
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What happens when moist air rises
Condenses
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What happens to the air when the moisture has been released as rain
Dries
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The source of heat to the air and ground in convectional rainfall
Sun
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Why warm air rises - it is less ?
Dense
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What warm air forms when it has risen and cooled
clouds
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Where warm and cold air mix
front
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type of rainfall from when a mass of warm and cold air mix, the warm air rises over the cold air
Frontal
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Day to day changes in the atmoshpere
Weather
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Average weather over a time period of 30 years or more
Climate
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Another name for the North Atlantic drift
Gulf stream
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Where the North Atlantic Drift comes from
Mexico
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What is the North Atlantic drift?
Warm sea current
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Begining with 'c' - shape of the Earth which explains the concentration of sun rays
Curvature
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Where sun rays are most concentrated
Equator
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Where the suns rays are less concentrated due to the curvature of Earth
North Pole
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Where the air comes from
Air mass
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TM
tropical maritime
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T
Tropical
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P
Polar
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(T)C
continental
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(T) M
maritime
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Effect of TM
mild
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Effect of TM
wet
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Effect of TC
mild
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Effect of TC
dry
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Effect of PM
cold
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Effect of PM
wet
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Effect of PC
cold
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Effect of PC
dry
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Name given to tropical storms beginning with 'H'
Hurricanes
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Name given to tropical storms beginning with 'C'
Cyclones
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Name given to tropical storms beginning with 'T'
Typhoons
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Australian name for tropical storms beginning with 'W'
Willy Willies
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Temperature needed for a tropical storm to develop at sea (in degrees celsius)
twentysix
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Name of the middle of a tropical storm
Eye
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The part of the tropical storm that causes the most destruction
Eye wall
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Hazard of tropical storms other tha destructive winds beginning with 'S'
Storm surges
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A hazard brought onto land by tropical storms
Sea water
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The range of latitudes a tropical storm develops at
eight-twenty
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Where they form (air positioning) beginning with 'C' meaning where warm and cold air begins to mix
Converging
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Where the winds are highest
Eye wall
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Where the air gets moisture from during relief rainfall

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sea

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What moist air does when it cannot go through mountains during relief rainfall

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Card 4

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What happens when moist air rises

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Card 5

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What happens to the air when the moisture has been released as rain

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