Key Words - Weather and Climate

Question	Answer
Precipitation	Precipitation is any form of water - liquid or solid - falling from the sky. It includes rain, sleet, snow, hail and drizzle.
Latitude	Latitude is the angular distance north or south of the equator of a point on the Earth's surface.
Longitude	The longitude of a location is how many degrees east or west the object is.
Atmospheric Pressure	It is the force exerted on a surface by the air above it as gravity pulls it to Earth.
Altitude	The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level (the height of something).
Depressions	Depressions are areas of low atmospheric pressure which produce cloudy, rainy and windy weather
Anticyclones	Anticyclones are an area of high atmospheric pressure where the air is sinking. There is no clouds or rain.
Frontal Rainfall	Frontal rainfall is a type of condensation that occurs when a cold front meets a warm front.
Relief Rainfall	Relief rainfall is formed when air is forced to cool when it rises over relief features in the landscape such as hills or mountains.
Convectional Rainfall	Convectional rainfall is when the sun heats the ground and warm air rises. As the air rises it cools and water vapour condenses to form clouds. It then falls as rain.

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