wild weather 2

Question 1

what is the pressure in the eye of the storm like

Answer 1

high

Question 2

where are the strongest winds wound

Answer 2

eye wall

Question 3

how d tropical storms form

Answer 3

• warm water heats air above it
• low pressure on surface
• more air sweeps in, spiriting upwards
• rising air cools n condenses
• huge spinning thunderclouds carrried across the sea by trade winds

Question 4

which path do hurricanes usually take ?
and from where do they come from

Answer 4

from the caribbean sea or gulf of mexico is where they form

north westward,
north eastward

Question 5

what happens to hurricanes shortly after going on land

Answer 5

they dissipate / die down

Question 6

why do hurricanes start dying out when over land

Answer 6

because they have lost their heat and moisture sources

Question 7

what are one of the worse recorded hurricnes

Answer 7

hurricane katrina

Question 8

what temperature does the water need to be to form a hurricane

Answer 8

27*c

Question 9

what does the pressure need to be from the air rising for hurricanes to form

Answer 9

low pressure

Question 10

what created the anti clockwise direction of hurricanes

Answer 10

the earths spin

Question 11

which part of the sea can be influenced by weather and air pressure

Answer 11

surface waters

Question 12

what is a storm surge

Answer 12

is a surge where a storm pushes a large volume of water into land

Question 13

what is more dense ?
warm and moistt air
or
cold and dry air

Answer 13

warm and moist air

Question 14

what happens once the warm and moist air reaches the atmosphere

Answer 14

it quickly cools down and evaporates, forming storm clouds

Question 15

where is wind created
and why

Answer 15

stratosphere,

from air from surrounding areas fills in to replace air that has risen

Question 16

what does warmer than average surface waters lead to

Answer 16

quicker evaporation of the water vapor in the air

Question 17

where do tornados occur

Answer 17

mostly north america and china

Question 18

what suddenly forms, descending from a. cloud when a tornado forms

Answer 18

funnel

Question 19

what will you start to see before a tornado starts

Answer 19

black storm clouds gathering
baseball sized hail may fall

Question 20

what are larger thunderstorms called

Answer 20

supercells

Question 21

what are the two special features of supercells

Answer 21

rising air
larger moisture underneath the layer of clouds

Question 22

what encourages air to rise

Answer 22

condensation

Question 23

what type of weather influences wildfires

Answer 23

temperature
wind
air moisture

Question 24

the sticks, trees and underbuh on the ground receive constant ___ from the sun which heats and _____ potential fuels

Answer 24

heat, dries

Question 25

what type of temperatures allow for fuels to ignite and burn faster, which helps wildfire spread

Answer 25

hotter

Question 26

what time of day do wildfires tend to rage and why

Answer 26

midday as its hottest

Question 27

what has the biggest impact on a wildfires behaviour

Answer 27

wind

Question 28

what does wind do to wildfires

Answer 28

prides the flame with extra oxygen, dries potential fuel spreads the fire around

Question 29

what can work against the spread of a fire

Answer 29

moisture

Question 30

what happens when there is a low humidity

Answer 30

wildfires are more likely to form

Question 31

which part of the uk do heatwaves impact

Answer 31

the south

Question 32

which parts of the uk do storms mostly impact

Answer 32

south and southeast of england

Question 33

which part of the uk is most impacted by tornadoes

Answer 33

west of england, going up to the northwest

Question 34

what does ‘maritime’ mean when talking about air masses

Answer 34

it came from the sea

Question 35

what does ‘continental’ mean when talking about air masses

Answer 35

that it came from land

Question 36

what does ‘tropical’ mean when talking about air masses

Answer 36

came from the tropics

Question 37

what is a depression

Answer 37

air rises and cools, water vapor condensing to form clouds and sometimes precipitation weather in a depression is often wet and windy winds are anticlockwise around the depression

Question 38

what, when and where was the beast from the east

Answer 38

a lot of snow and ice 2013 UK

Question 39

how much money did the UK lose form the beast from the east

Answer 39

aprox 1B per day

Question 40

what happened during the beast from the east

Answer 40

mass shortages as things couldnt be delivered 8,000 crashes

Question 41

what is one social, economic and environmental problem with droughts in the horn of africa

Answer 41

social : health problems due to lack of nutrients economic : farmers lose money if their crops are destroyed environmental : loss or destruction of fish and wildlife habitat