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What is weather?. The conditions outside. What is climate?. The weather over a period of time. What is an isotherm?. A line that joins equal points of temperature. What is an isobar?. A line that joins equal points of pressure. What is meant by the term relief?. The height of the land.
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The conditions outside.
What is climate?
The weather over a period of time.
What is an isotherm?
A line that joins equal points of temperature.
A line that joins equal points of pressure.
What is meant by the term relief?
The height of the land.
What is meant by a
Albedo?
Some surfaces reflect more heat than others.
An instrument used to measure heat...
Thermometer.
An instrument used to measure pressure...
Barometer.
A low pressure weather system...
Depression.
A high pressure weather system...
Anti-cyclone.
Heating is least efficient here...
Poles.
Heating is most efficient here...
Equator.
Cold front.
Shown by red semi-circles...
Warm front.
A combination of triangles and semi-circles...
Occluded front.
Rainfall at the warm front of a depression...
Continuous.
Weather at the cold front of a depression.
Thunder, lightning and rain.
Between the warm and cold fronts of a depression...
Warm sector.
Weather associated with winter anti-cyclones...
Frost, fog and mist.
A problem associated with summer anti-cyclones...
Drought.
Land heats quicker than the sea...
Continentality
A tropical storm in the North Atlantic...
Hurricane.
A tropical storm in South-East Asia...
Cyclone.
A tropical storm in Japan...
Typhoon.
Carbon Dioxide.
Coal, oil and natural gas...
Fossil Fuels.
To replant trees...
Reforestation.
