Weather and climate exam questions.

Question 1

Explain the negative effects of climate change.

Answer 1

• Melting ice sheets add water to oceans, making sea levels rise. This leads to colder temperatures in Western Europe.
• Rising sea levels will cause coastal flooding.

Question 2

Describe the UK climate.

Answer 2

The UK’s climate is temperate, wet climate. Extreme weather is rare, but the meeting of major air masses makes frontal rainfall common.

Question 3

Explain one cause of drought.

Answer 3

Meteorological:

- This is where an area receives less than normal precipitation.