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| Frage | Antworten |
| WEather | the day to day conditions in the air around us it includes temperature,rain and wind. |
| climate | the average weather of a place |
| where in the UK is it the wettest | west (mainly wales and Scotland) |
| where in the UK is it the highest | Scotland,central wales, north England |
| what type of rainfall happens in areas with lots of hills and mountains | relief rainfall |
| Relief rainfall | happens when air is forced upwards over a hill or a mountain |
| frontal rainfall | happens when warm air(less dense) is forced upwards over cooler air (more dense) at a weather front (where warm and cool air meet) |
| convectional rainfall | happens when warm air near the ground rises, cools and condenses to give us rain. |
| air mass | a huge block of air that has similar characteristics e.g.hot and dry,cold and wet |
| polar marintine | wet,cold air which brings showery weather. from greenland and the artic sea |
| tropical continental | hot,dry air brings hot weather in the summer. from north america |
| polar continental | hot air brings dry summers. cold air brings snow in winter. from central europe. |
| describe the changing weather of a depression | it is raining,then cold front undercuts the warm air in the warm sector.Then the warm air is forced to rise over the cold air. Then the nimbostratus CLOUDS GET LOWER AND THICKER AND STaRT TO RAIN AGAIN |
| climate change | global change in climate due to usuage of fossil fuels |
| effects of climate change in Africa | shortages of crops growing |
| effects of climate change in the pacific islands | sea levels rising |
| effects of climate change in Europe | floods and contaminated water |
| carbon footprint | a carbon footprint measures how much carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular person,business or community. |
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