Weather EST Revision General Outdoor Education

Question 1

What is the highest average temperature on the graph?

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Question 2

What type of weather is associated with a HIGH pressure system?

Accepted Answer

Fair and calm

Question 3

What type of cloud is this?

Accepted Answer

cumulonimbus

Question 4

What direction does the wind spin go in in a LOW pressure system in the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE?

Accepted Answer

Clockwise

Question 5

What months experience the LOWEST rainfall from this climate graph?

Accepted Answer

Feb-April

Question 6

What is an isobar?

Accepted Answer

Lines on a weather map showing atmospheric pressure

Question 7

What type of weather will the south east of the USA be experiencing from this weather map?

Accepted Answer

Overcast with some rain

Question 8

Type of rainfall caused by sun heating the earth causing evaporation and clouds to form?

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Convectional

Question 9

What type of cloud is high in the sky and looks 'whispy'

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Cirrus

Question 10

What type of front is this?

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Stationary

Question 11

What type of clouds form a low layer over the sky like a blanket?

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stratus

Question 12

What type of rain fall is this?

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Frontal Rain

Question 13

What type of rainfall is effected by the mountains causing air to rise, form clouds and rain?

Accepted Answer

Relief rainfall, Orographic rainfall

Question 14

What is a polar air mass like for New Zealand?

Accepted Answer

Very cold and from the south

Question 15

What do the isobars tell us about the weather in southern France?

Accepted Answer

Strong winds

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