Eduqas GCSE Geography A Theme 5 Weather, Climate and Ecosystems overview quiz quiz

Ice cores with trapped air bubbles and oxygen isotopes

Satellite photographs showing the growth of modern cities over time

The price of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas over the years

Modern weather forecasts only, looking a few days ahead at a time

Burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas in power stations

Orbital (Milankovitch) cycles and volcanic eruptions

Deforestation, where forests are cleared and burned by people

Methane released from livestock such as cattle on farms

The natural trapping of heat in the atmosphere that keeps the Earth warm enough for life

The cooling of the planet caused by ash and gases from large volcanic eruptions

Extra heat trapped because human activity has added more greenhouse gases

The reflection of sunlight back into space by bright surfaces such as ice

It is very close to the Equator, where the sun is the most directly overhead all year round

It has no coastline at all and so is not affected by the sea around it

It sits at a very high altitude, where the thin air keeps temperatures up

The warm North Atlantic Drift and prevailing south-westerly winds bring mild, moist air

Calm, settled weather: hot and sunny in summer, frosty or foggy in winter

Cloud, strong winds and long spells of heavy rain that move in very quickly

Tornadoes that spin down from towering storm clouds overhead

Constant heavy snow all year round, whatever the season is

Below 0 degrees Celsius, so the surface water is frozen over

Above about 27 degrees Celsius

About 15 degrees Celsius, roughly the same as a mild UK day

Temperature does not matter at all for a tropical storm to form

The eye

The outer edge

The eyewall

The centre is always calm everywhere

A short, heavy rainstorm that drops a lot of rain in a brief time

A type of flood where water overflows onto land that is normally dry

A cold winter spell with frost, fog and freezing temperatures

A long period of below-average rainfall causing a water shortage

About 90 percent

None

About 50 percent

All of it

Air, water and rock

Biomass, litter and soil

Producers, consumers and decomposers

Canopy, understorey and ground

Thick waxy needles that store water through long dry seasons

Deep tap roots that reach far down to find groundwater below

Drip-tip leaves that channel rain off quickly

Leaves that fold up and close tightly every night to save heat

It cools the planet down by letting much more heat escape from the cleared land

It has no effect at all on the atmosphere or on the climate of the planet

It increases rainfall everywhere across the whole of the world at once

Clearing and burning trees releases stored carbon and removes a carbon sink