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How does Latitude affect the weather/climate of the UK?
If the latitude is high, it is far away from the equator and visversa as the earth is o an angle.
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How does Altitude affect the weather/climate of the UK?
Air is thin and cannot trap in heat so for every metre about sea level, the temperature drops 1 degrees.
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How does distance from the sea affect the weather/climate of the UK?
as you move from inland to the coast, the air gets cooler. In winter, this swaps around.
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How does ocean currents affect the weather/climate of the UK?
If you're near a warm stream current then you'll be warm but if you are near a cold stream current then you'll be cold.
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How do prevailing winds affect the weather/climate of the UK?
The wind from the land makes areas warm whereas wind from the sea makes the area cold
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Why does the uk sometimes get snow in winter?
Because we are closer to the polar cell, this makes our winters earlier and colder than the south-west have them
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What factors come with the polar cell?
1) DESCENDING cooler, dryer air 2) HIGH pressure
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What factors come with the ferrel cell?
1) RISING warm, moist air 2) LOW pressure
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What factors come with the hadley cell?
1) DESCENDING cooler, dryer air 2) HIGH pressure
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What factors come below the equator?
1) RISING warm, moist air 2) HIGH pressure
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What are 3 conditions under which tropical storms form?
1) hot climates/seas over 26.5 degrees 2) Warm, moist air 3) occur around the borders of the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn
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What category was the 2013 typhoon Haiyan?
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What are 3 primary effects of the 2013 typhoon Haiyan?
1) 400mm of widespread flooding 2) 6300 people killed 3) 1.9m homeless and 6m displaced
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What are 3 secondary effects of the 2013 typhoon Haiyan?
1) Oil and sewage leaks into the local ecosystems 2)tacloban city government had only 70 workers afterwards 3) Casualties were reported as a result of the lack of aid
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What are 2 immediate responses to the 2013 typhoon Haiyan?
1) £100m of aid sent over 2) 800 thousand people evacuated to temporary shelters
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What are 2 long-term responses to the 2013 typhoon Haiyan?
1) A new early warning system was introduced 2) A 4 year £6.2 billion plan to rebuild houses and infrastructure was introduced
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