Weather and Climate Geography Test

Define Weather

Define Climate

What are the 6 elements of weather, what units are they measured and how are the elements measured (instruments)

List and explain the 5 factors affecting temperature

Why does Adelaide have a cooler climate to Darwin

Define Atmosphere

4 layers of the Atmosphere

3 facts about the Troposphere

3 facts about the Stratosphere

3 facts about the Mesosphere

3 facts about the Thermosphere

Gases in the atmosphere and their % composition

6 world climatic regions

6 world climatic regions facts

Define Insolation

% of insolation that is absorbed by the earth and its atmosphere and is reflected into space

% of absorbed insolation by land, oceans, clouds and atmosphere

% of reflected insolation back into space by the atmosphere, clouds and earth's surface

Define Albedo

The albedo of fresh snow and an ideal black surface

Define heat budget

What would happen if the amount of heat being absorbed by the earth and the amount of heat escaping the earth was not balanced

Energy budget diagram

Define Urban heat island

Heat island causes

Effects of UHI on Weather, the environment and global warming

How can the effects of UHI be minimised

Types of Precipitation

The Water Cycle

Types of Rainfall