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Contemporary Themes and Fieldwork (A2 Unit 4)
Quick questions on Weather and climate - WJEC A-Level Geography
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What are weather systems?Show answer
A depression (mid-latitude cyclone) is a low-pressure system that forms at the polar front where warm and cold air meet. As it passes over Britain it brings a sequence of weather: thickening cloud and steady rain at the warm front, milder air in the warm sector, then heavy showery rain at the cold front as cold air undercuts the warm air, followed by cooler, brighter conditions. An anticyclone is a high-pressure system of sinking, stable air giving settled weather, hot and clear in summer, cold, frosty or foggy in winter. Tropical weather systems, including tropical cyclones, form over warm oceans and bring intense rainfall and wind.
What is q1?Show answer
Define the term urban heat island. [2 marks]
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Explain why air sinks at about latitude in the Hadley cell. [3 marks]
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