Paper 1: Living with the physical environment

Q1 Section A: Weather hazards

Revision of extreme weather in the UK

This is revision so you will need to use your exercise books to help you complete some or all of these tasks. If you find you are missing work in your exercise book see your teacher or borrow the notes. If you are unsure of the work, ask for help. Work needs to be fully completed and handed in on time.
Revision is the key to doing well in your examinations - the more effort you put in, the better you will understand the work in readiness for your Paper 1 examination.
You will need to make some tables bigger so check that before you print the work.

Complete the gaps below:

Climate helps you decide what clothes to buy, weather helps you decide what clothes to wear.

Weather - The day to day atmospheric conditions (temperature, rainfall, winds and humidity)

Climate - The 'average' weather conditions taken over 30 years. It is what the weather is usually like in a place. It includes t______and p______.

An overview of types of weather hazard experienced in the UK.

What weather does each type of wind bring? Choose from the choices in the boxes below the map:

/ 1 Arctic winds bring….
2 Maritime winds bring….
3 Continental winds bring….
4 Tropical winds bring….
Storms from the Atlantic ocean bring heavy rain and strong winds. / Hot and sunny weather – heatwaves and drought.
Heavy snow and bitterly cold conditions. / Severe winter weather.

Complete the sentences below using these words:

evaporation / pressure
energy / heatwaves

Evidence that weather is becoming more extreme in the UK.

Scientists believe that an increase of more extreme weather events over many years could be linked to the world becoming warmer. This is because:

a) There will be more ______in the atmosphere which could lead to more intense storms.

b) The global atmospheric circulation may be affected (air ______may change) so floods will come to normally dry areas and ______to cooler regions.

c) A warmer world may increase ______causing more droughts.

This opinion is supported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (thousands of scientists who read the latest climate change research).

On the diagram below, highlight/underline the weather records that have been broken by extreme weather events.

Optional task: Draw an illustrated timeline to show these record breaking events. Remember, the better you make it, the easier you will find it to revise from.
You could add to your timeline using examples from this website:
Hint: Look for the words highest/lowest/unseasonable/new record.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/interesting

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