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Geography
Geography summer test 2019
Question | Answer |
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Name the two Cold climates in order of proximity to the poles. | tundra and boreal |
Name the two Hot climates in order of proximity to the equator. | equatorial, savannah and hot dessert |
How high above sea level is the Tropopause? | 11km |
What percentage of the suns heat reaches the ground? | 50% |
Cold air ... | falls |
Warm air ... | rises |
High pressure = | cold air and good weather |
Low pressure = | warm air and rain |
High clouds = | cirrus |
Medium altitude clouds = | cumulus |
Low altitude clouds = | stratus |
Moist air mass is forced to rise | relief rain |
Warm moist air rises up rapid;y due to the suns heat | convectional rain |
Warm air mass and cold air masses meet | frontal rain |
Is the North Atlantic Drift a Warm or Cold ocean current? | warm |
Is the labrador current a Warm or Cold ocean current? | cold |
Anti-cyclones occur in areas of high pressure or low pressure? | high pressure |
Depressions occur in areas of high pressure or low pressure? | low pressure |
When warm air masses and cold air masses meet, which rises? | warm air |
Wind vanes measure ... | wind direction |
Aneroid Barometers measure ... | pressure |
Anemometers measure ... | wind speed |
Rain gauge measures the amounts of ... | rainfall |
Campbell stokes sunshine recorder measures ... | Hours of sunlight |
Wet and Dry bulb thermometers (hygrometer) measures ... | relative humidity |
Isotherms measure areas of equal ... | temperature |
Isobars measure areas of equal ... | pressure |
Isotachs measure areas of equal ... | wind speed |
Non-Finite energy is ... | renewable |
Finite energy is ... | Non renewable |