Weather Hazards And Climate Change

Question 1

What are the 3 types of weather cells

Answer 1

Hadley, polar and Ferrell cells

Question 2

What is the UK’s weather driven by

Answer 2

The North Atlantic drift current

Question 3

What causes the trade winds

Answer 3

Differences in pressure

Question 4

What does low pressure mean

Answer 4

Cloudy and rising air which means rain.

Question 5

What does high pressure mean

Answer 5

Clear sky’s falling air which means no rain and warm climate.

Question 6

How can heat be redistributed around the world?

Answer 6

Trade winds and jet streams

Question 7

What does the criollos effect do to jet streams

Answer 7

To curve like waves

Question 8

Which way do storms spin in the northern hemisphere

Answer 8

Anti clockwise

Question 9

Which way do storm spin in the Southern Hemisphere

Answer 9

Clockwise

Question 10

What geological time frame are we in now

Answer 10

Inter glacial Holocene

Question 11

What is a natural cause of climate change

Answer 11

The milankovitch cycles

Question 12

Another natural cause of climate change

Answer 12

Meteor strikes- dust blocks the sunlight so photosynthesis can’t occur

Question 13

Why is the earth warming up

Answer 13

Solar radiation getting trapped in by green house gases acting as a blanket

Question 14

Why does the UK’s climate vary so much?

Answer 14

Because of maritime influences and altitude

Question 15

Where do hurricanes form

Answer 15

Over warm waters along the equator

Question 16

How do hurricanes move

Answer 16

They follow the prevailing winds

Question 17

Why are hurricanes only a risk to coastal areas

Answer 17

They bring storm surges and they will lose they power when they go over land so won’t last long

Question 18

Name a cases study on a hurricane

Answer 18

Hurricane sandy and typhoon haiyan

Question 19

What human activities cause drought

Answer 19

Dams blocking flow of water, agriculture and deforestation

Question 20

What are some meteorological characteristics

Answer 20

Level of dryness of an area, ocean currents, jet streams

Question 21

What are some hydrological characteristics

Answer 21

Low precipitation, dry soil from no rain, low amount of dry water.

Question 22

What are some consequences on global warming

Answer 22

Food production starts to decrease because of the temperatures rising which can effect the yield of crops

Question 23

What is increasing the rate of global warming

Answer 23

Demand for: goods, food, energy and transport is getting higher. Which means more burning of fossil fuels.

Question 24

How can we measure climate change.

Answer 24

Measuring ice cores, sea level and glacial features

Question 25

What keeps the UK seas warmer.

Answer 25

The Gulf Stream

Question 26

How do we categorise hurricanes

Answer 26

On the Saffir Simpson scale

Question 27

How did Ethiopia respond to there drought situation?

Answer 27

They got help from charities which showed that they didn't know what to do as a country. But where giving education to people on what to do

Question 28

How did the Californian government respond to their drought situation?

Answer 28

They put limits on water, made strict rules and made people aware of the situation

Question 29

What type of pressure is found in the eye of the storm

Answer 29

Very low pressure

Question 30

What type of pressure is found on the outside of the storm

Answer 30

High pressure which is rushing to the centre

Question 31

What does the coriolis effect mean

Answer 31

The area around the equator is spinning faster than places further north or south. So storms in the northern hemisphere spin to the right and oppositely in the south.

Question 32

What number was typhoon hayian on the saffir simpson scale

Answer 32

5

Question 33

How fast were the winds in typhoon haiyan

Answer 33

314km/h

Question 34

How many people died in typhoon haiyan

Answer 34

600

Question 35

How many people were made homeless in typhoon hayian

Answer 35

10,000

Question 36

How much did it cost to rebuild the damage after typhoon haiyan

Answer 36

2 billion

Question 37

How fast were the winds in hurricane sandy

Answer 37

129km/h

Question 38

How many people died in hurricane sandy

Answer 38

150

Question 39

How much did it cost to rebuild damage after hurricane sandy

Answer 39

65billion

Question 40

What are the Milankovich cycles

Answer 40

Natural changes to the earths orbit and position that affect how much radiation we receive from the sun.

Question 41

What is the Eccentricity cycle

Answer 41

The orbit of the earth changes shape every 100,000 years. This means the earths orbit around the sun is sometimes more circular making us warmer (interglacial) and sometimes the orbit becomes elliptical making the earth colder (glacial)

Question 42

What is the axial tilt cycle

Answer 42

Approximately every 40,000 the angle of the earths tilt changes which means some areas of the earth are further away from the sun.

Question 43

What is the precession cycle

Answer 43

The way the tilt is facing changes, this happens approximately every 24,000 years

Question 44

How can we find evidence for climate change

Answer 44

We can look at tree rings and if the rings are thin that means that it has been colder and if the rings are thick it means it has been warmer