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A weather and climate revision sheet
Student tasks
1. Write a sentence to define the difference between weather and climate.
2. Find the weather and climate words in the word square below:
altitude
anemometer
anticyclone
barometer
cirrus
climate
convectional
cumulus
depression
frontal
latitude
occluded
precipitation
stratus
temperature
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3. Explain why the North Pole is colder than the equator.
Use the following words in your answer:
latitude, sun’s energy, surface area, curvature of the earth, atmosphere.
4. Define the following key words and phrases:
air pressure
anticyclone
cold front
convectional rainfall
depression
occlusion
precipitation
relief rainfall
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5. Which two types of rainfall are being described here? Place the sentences into two groups to
explain the two different types of rainfall.
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As air rises, the water vapour in the air is cooled and condenses into minute water
droplets.
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The air is forced to rise up the mountain.
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The warm air mass rises over the cold air mass because it is less dense.
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A collection of these minute water droplets is known as a cloud. These minute water
droplets join together and become heavier. They then fall as rain.
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Two air masses meet, one cold and one warm.
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As the warmer air rises over the colder air, the water vapour in it is cooled and
condenses into minute water droplets.
6. Using the map, describe the
average precipitation in the
British Isles.
Map used courtesy of Ben Day
7. Use your knowledge to explain
the pattern of average
precipitation in the British Isles.
You should use the words:
altitude, prevailing wind and
frontal rainfall from depressions in
your answer.
8. Complete a table to identify the
different weather conditions
between summer and winter
anticyclones:
Summer anticyclone
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Use the words from the word bank to complete the paragraph below.
Atlantic Ocean
boundary
colder
lighter
masses
mixing
rise
temperatures
tropical
Most depressions form over the ......................... , where a mass of warm, moist,
.................. air from the south meets a mass of .................... , drier polar air
from the north.
The two air ........................ , because they have different .........................,
have different densities and this prevents them from ......................................
Warmer air (less dense – ......................... ) is forced to .......................... above
the colder air (more dense – heavier)
The ........................ between the two air masses is called a front.
9. Study the temperature and rainfall chart for Manaus in Brazil:
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
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Calculate the following:
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The total yearly rainfall for Manaus =
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The warmest month =
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The coldest month =
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The range in temperature =
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The average (mean) temperature =
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The median rainfall =
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The wettest month =
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The coldest month =
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10. Use the weather map below to answer the questions.
Map used courtesy of the Met Office under the terms of the UK Open Government Licence
for Public Sector Information v1.0 en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24493405
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What is the name of the weather system over the UK
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What is the highest pressure shown on the map?
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What is the lowest pressure?
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Do you think it is raining in the UK? Why / why not?
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Name one country where you think it is most likely to be raining.
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What direction is the wind coming from if you lived in France?
11. Draw and label an aerial view of a depression. Include the warm front, warm sector, cold
front, occluded front, wind directions and area of lowest pressure.
12. Using the case study of a tornado outline the following:
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Facts, e.g. location, date, time, strength
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Effects/impacts in the short term
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Effects/impacts in the long term
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Responses to the tornado
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13. Sort the following into whether they are most likely to describe an anticyclone or a
depression.
High pressure
High wind speeds
Low pressure
Freezing temperatures in winter
Dry
Small
Heavy rain
Last several days
Sunshine and showers
Low wind speeds
Hot weather in summer
Large
Last only 24 hours
Clockwise winds
Create fog
Anticlockwise winds
14. Explain why the weather changes with the
passage of a depression.
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Before the warm front
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At the warm front
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In the warm sector
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At the cold front
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Behind the cold front
15. Use your knowledge of the climate of the
British Isles to explain the hardiness zones of
the map. What do you think is a hardiness
layer?
Map used courtesy of MPF under a Creative Commons
Attribution 2.5 Generic license.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UK_zonemap.png
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16. Complete the crossword using the clues below:
Across
4. The blue triangles symbols of a depression (4, 5)
5. A line of equal pressure.
8. Fluffy clouds that can bring short sharp showers.
9. The most common wind direction for the UK (10, 4)
10. Condensation at ground level, common in winter anticyclones.
11. Measured in degrees Centigrade with a thermometer.
Down
1. A type of precipitation
2. Name given to a high pressure weather system.
3. A large body of air (3,4)
6. Type of rainfall found in mountains.
7. The leading edge of a depression, shown with red semi-circles.
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