Geography Year Nine Summer Term

Question 1

Air mass

Answer 1

A huge block of air moving over earth, it can be warm or cold, damp or dry depending on where it came from.

Question 2

Climate change

Answer 2

All aspects of climate are changing because the earth is getting warmer

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

To change from gas to liquid

Question 4

Convection

Answer 4

When the sun heats the ground warm air rises upwards as a convection current

Question 5

Drought

Answer 5

When there is less rain than usual so there is not enough water for our needs

Question 6

Evaporation

Answer 6

To change from liquid into a gas

Question 7

Flooding

Answer 7

When there is too much water in a river and it spills over the river banks and into the land around it.

Question 8

Hurricane

Answer 8

Very strong wind over 75 miles per hour sometimes called a tropical storm

Question 9

Precipitation

Answer 9

Water falling from the sky ( rain, sleet,snow and hail)

Question 10

Wildfire

Answer 10

A large destructive fire that spreads quickly over the land