2 weather hazards

Question 1

name the pressure belts in order

Answer 1

plolar, ferel, hadley

Question 2

how should you remember the pressure belts

Answer 2

peter fucks hayley

Question 3

hot air is closest to the surface in every cell except the…

Answer 3

polar cell

Question 4

what temperature does water have to be for there to be a tropical storm

Answer 4

27C

Question 5

i terms of degrees, where are tropical storms located on the planet

Answer 5

5-30 degrees from the equator

Question 6

what causes a tropical storm

Answer 6

hot water evaporates into gas and rises to the clouds where it the condenses and therefore rains at high pressure

Question 7

why are storms located by the equator

Answer 7

more hot water there

Question 8

what are the features of a tropical storm

Answer 8

hot, intense, high pressure in the eye

Question 9

where does ascending air go and then descending air

Answer 9

descending goes through the clouds where ascending goes up through the eye

Question 10

what increases as storms move over the ocean

Answer 10

energy and therefore windspeed

Question 11

from the top, list the high pressure and low pressure belts

Answer 11

low high equator high low

Question 12

what three factors of a storm will climate change affect and why

Answer 12

frequency- water stays hot for longer
distribution- more hot water
intensity- more hot water

Question 13

three ways to mitigate the risk of a tropical storm

Answer 13

monitor plan and protect

Question 14

social and economic effects of the bostcastle flood

Answer 14

social-75 businesses and builidngs destoryed/damaged

economic- 20 million claimed in loans and a collapse in local toruism

Question 15

what were the long term responses of the bostcastle flood

Answer 15

car park was raised
trees were removed
flood defences were built.

Question 16

describe the process of air circulation

Answer 16

• sun warms the air at the equator
  -moves away from the equator as it moves between high and low pressure
  -

Question 17

what is your example of a tropical storm

Answer 17

hurricane katrina

Question 18

3 primary effects of your tropical storm case study

Answer 18

80pc of the city was flooded
2000 dead
flood defences shattered

Question 19

3 secondary effects of your tropical storm case study

Answer 19

10000 homeless
3 million no electricity
food shortages and looting

Question 20

short and long term responses to your tropical storm case study

Answer 20

poor short term response, slow evacuation
50 billion in aid

big pumps to pump water out of the city

Question 21

how was the bostcastle flood caused

Answer 21

tail end of a hurricane and low pressure. rain was stored and ready to go

Question 22

two pieces of evidence for climate change

Answer 22

• tree rings have grown, which show that the temp has got warmer
• pollen analysis
• temperature records