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Name at least two factors that impact climate.

Latitude, earths tilt, movement of heat around earth, distance from sea, altitude.

What is prevailing wind?

The wind that blows most often.

What's an air mass?

A large block of air with the same temperature and moisture content across it.

There are three different types of rain. Name two of them.

Relief, Convectional, Frontal

There are two different types of clouds mentioned in the book, name one of them.

Cumulus, stratus

What is a depression?

A weather system made up of a warm front chased by a cold one, it brings windy wet weather.

What is another word for tropical cyclone (there are two) and what are they?

Hurricane, typhoon. A violent spinning storm that starts in warm tropical waters.

Define climate

pattern of weather over a year or more.

There are many different climate regions. Name 3.

equatorial, tropical, desert, Mediterranean, maritime, contiental, polar, mountain.

What weather do stratus clouds bring?

They bring very light rain, NOT heavy showers. When air rises slowly.

What weather do cumulus clouds bring?

They can bring short showers but on a very hot day they can bring heavy rain. When the ground heats the air quickly on a hot day.

These curve around the earth in bands called cells. Name one. (There are three types)

Hadley, Polar, Ferrel

Define weather

The state of the atmosphere at a given time.

What is air pressure?

Force pressing down on us due to the weight of the atmosphere.