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Highcliffe School Geography Department GCSE Geography Revision Book Unit 1: Climate the Environment People – Weather Climate Give a definition for weather and for climate. How does the latitude of a place affect its climate? What happens to temperature and rainfall as altitude increases? Describe what is meant by continentality and how it affects climate? What are prevailing winds? How do they influence climate? What is meant by the term precipitation? How does it occur? With the aid of a labelled diagram explain relief rainfall. How does convectional rainfall occur (include a diagram)? What is frontal rainfall linked with? How is it different at cold and warm fronts? What are isobars? What do they measure? Draw simple diagrams of the isobar pattern for a low and a high. Draw a weather station symbol with this information: wind speed 10 knots, wind direction southwest, cloud cover 4 oktas. How do satellite images help weather forecasting? Describe the sequence of weather events that are linked to a depression? Describe the sequence of weather events associated to a high pressure in a) summer and b) winter. Give four different names for an area of intense low pressure. Where do hurricanes tend to occur and what time of year are they common? Suggest how a hurricane could be formed (use a diagram to help). Describe the sequence of weather events that you would expect in an area that had a hurricane passing over it. Mention wind speed, direction, rain etc. In which three ways can a hurricane cause damage? List three precautions that you would take if you were expecting a hurricane in the next few hours. Describe three ways in which the climate of urban areas can be different from that of the surrounding countryside. Write briefly how the following factors can affect microclimates: a) the colour and cover of surfaces; b) an area of water; c) the aspect. What instruments are used to measure the following: a) temperature; b) rainfall; c) pre