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GEOG: Weather NAT5 Flashcards

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What are the five main air masses that effect the uk

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Arctic Maritime 
Polar continental 
Tropical Continental
Tropical Maritime
Polar maritime
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What is a air mass

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A large volume of air which travels from one area to another

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What is weather

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Day to day conditions of the atmosphere

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What is aspect

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Refers to direction of slopes

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What is used in a weather station

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Thermometers
Barometers 
Wind vanes
Anemometers 
Rain gauges
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What are air masses affected by

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Systems of high and low pressure

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What creates areas of low pressure

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When a cold and warm air mass collide

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What do warm fronts fronts bring

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Increasing wind
Cloud cover
Drizzly rain
Slight rise in temperature

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What do cold fronts bring

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Heavier winds
Large clouds
Heavy rain
Lower temperature

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Occluded fronts …..

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Found near the centre of low pressure

Mixed conditions of rain and cloud cover

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Where is the warm sector found

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In between the warm and cold fronts

Conditions tend to settle, skies are dull and cloudy, temperatures rise and little rain

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What does it indicate when isobars are widely spread

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Indicates high pressure systems or anticyclones

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What is a barometer

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Measures air pressure

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What is a rain gauge

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Measures precipitation from the sky

Recorded in mm

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What is a anemometer

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It measures wind speed

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What is a wind vane

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Measures wind direction

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The 5 air artic  maritime 
Polar maritime 
Tropical maritime 
Tropical continental 
Polar continental
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Arctic maritime 
Polar maritime 
Tropical maritime 
Tropical continental 
Polar continental

Geog Weather NAT5 (1 decks)

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