Water Cycle, Precipitation, Climate Zones

& Wind

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1. How many layers are there in the atmosphere?
2.  Can you list all the layers in the atmosphere?
3.  Which layer in the atmosphere is closest to Earth?

4.  Which layer in the atmosphere is the highest from Earth?
5. What are the two most abundant/important gases in the atmoshere?
6.  What is climatology?
7. What is the difference between weather and climate?
8. True or False – Weather refers to the state of the atmosphere at any specific time
9.  True or False – Climate refers to the typical state of the atmosphere over a long period of time
10.  What percentage of the gases in the atmosphere can you find in the Troposphere?
    
11. Climatology is the study of what?
12. What three things influence temperature
13.  What are the three factors that influence precipitation
14.  What are the three types of rainfall?
15. Why is the Hot Zone hot?
16.  What is the hottest place in Spain?
17.  What is the wettest place in Spain?
18.  What is the coldest place in Spain?
19. What climate zones are there in Spain?
20. Latitude, Altitude and the Distance from the sea are three factors that influence what?
21.  What are the three factors that influence precipitation?
22. What are the three types of precipitation? 
23. The Trade wind is what type of wind?
24. The Monsoon is what type of wind?
25. Tramuntana, Sirocco and Mistral are all what type of winds?
26. Stable weather is normally associated with what type of pressure?
27. Unstable weather is normally associated with what type of pressure?
28. True or false: Atmospheric pressure is normally higher in mountainous areas
29. True or false: cold air is lighter than hot air?
30. What happens to warm air when it rises?
31. Why is high pressure associated with stable, warmer weather?
32.  Why is high pressure near the ground?
33. What happens when a cold front of air meets a warm front of air?
    
34. True or false: Hurricanes, typhoons & cyclones are all tropical cyclones
35. What is another name for a cyclone?

42.  What is the name for a cyclone over the North Atlantic?
    

43.  What is the name for a cyclone over the Northwest Pacific?
    

44.  Over which ocean do cyclones occur?
    

45.  Write the names of the 3 different types of rain?
    

47.  What is a prevailing wind?
    

48.  What is a seasonal wind?
    

49.  What is a local wind?
    

50.  Latitude, Altitude and Humidity are three factors that influence what?
51.  What is the name of the effect that makes Hurricanes spin? C___________ e____________
52. What was the original meaning of the word ‘trade‘?