Atmospheric And Cryospheric Processes

Question 1

What is the ITZC and what weather occurs here?

Answer 1

Inter tropical convergence zone
Warm moist air rises, cools, condenses

Question 2

What happens where Ferrel and Hadley meet?

Answer 2

Air sinks, and it is warm and dry. Dry weather

Question 3

Which part of the atmospheric circulation model effects britan

Answer 3

The Ferrel cell affects us in britan, brings warm south westerlies in north, north westerlies in the south.
Wind picks up moisture over oceans

Question 4

Cryospheric processes

Answer 4

Accumulation- build up of a glacier from snow compacting to ice
Ablation- melting of ice, during summer months

Question 5

How many glacial periods have there been in earths history?

Answer 5

5 major glacial periods
Most recent started 2.58 million years ago and continues today alternating interglacial/glacial
Called quaternary glaciation

Question 6

How is permafrost formed?

Answer 6

Air temperatures are so low freeze soil with groundwater

Question 7

Rain

Answer 7

Cloud become too heavy to stay suspended and fall to the ground

Question 8

Drizzle

Answer 8

Very small droplets of water from low level stratus clouds

Question 9

Snow

Answer 9

Solid precipitation of ice crystals and snowflakes below 0c

Question 10

Sleet

Answer 10

Solid precipitation that melts while it falls

Question 11

Hail

Answer 11

Solid precipitation in the form of balls of ice

Question 12

Differences between types of precipitation

Answer 12

How they are formed