Weather and Climate

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Weather and Climate

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What are climate zones?

What factors affect climate?

What are climate graphs?

What is an air mass?

What influences an air mass?

Why is the weather of the UK so changeable?

What are the air masses that affect the UK?

What is precipitation?

What is relief rainfall?

What is frontal rainfall?

What is convectional rainfall?

What is global atmospheric circulation?

What is atmospheric pressure?

What is high pressure?

What is low pressure?

How do ocean currents transfer and redistribute heat energy around the Earth?

Weather hazards in the UK

Beast from the East – Extreme weather in the UK

What is the difference between a tornado and a hurricane?

Effects and responses to tropical storms

What are tropical storms?

Planning for tropical storms

Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Michael

Cyclone Eline

Cyclone Idai

Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Jebi

Typhoon Mangkhut

Arid Environments and Drought

Causes of Drought