TTO 2 - Weather and climate repeating

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Weather and climate

Questions to repeat chapter 5

Make the correct combinations

Convectional rainfall

Relief rainfall

Frontal rainfall

Which of these three types of rainfall do we have most often here in The Netherlands?

1. Convectional rainfall
2. Relief rainfall
3. Frontal rainfall

At the end of a hot summer day there might be rain and thunder. What kind of rain is this?

1. Convectional rainfall
2. Relief rainfall
3. Frontal rainfall

What happens when a cold and warm air mass meet?

1. Cold air rises Thunderstorms form
2. Warm air rises Thunderstorms form
3. Cold air rises Frontal rainfall
4. Warm air rises Frontal rainfall

Finish the sentence:

When air rises, the air cools down and ....... to form clouds.

1. water evaporates
2. water vapour evaporates
3. water condenses
4. water vapour condenses

What kind of clouds form on a hot day in the summer?

1. Cumulus
2. Stratus

Look at the image.

There is .... air pressure in this image.
The wind probably comes from the ....

1. High Northwest
2. High East
3. Low Northwest
4. Low East

Look at the image.

There is .... air pressure in this image.
The wind probably comes from the ....

1. High West
2. High East
3. Low West
4. Low East

What is the name of the climate in the graph?

1. Tropical
2. Maritime
3. Mediterranean
4. Equatorial

At which place can you find the climate in the graph?

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

Study the climate graphs. Which two differences can you see?

A

B

What caused the difference in climate between these two places?

1. The altitude
2. The latitude
3. The distance from the sea
4. The ocean currents

C

D

What caused the difference in climate between these two places?

1. The altitude
2. The latitude
3. The distance from the sea
4. The ocean currents

The Netherlands is located along a warm ocean current. This makes The Netherlands.

1. quite wet and relatively cold
2. quite wet and relatively warm
3. quite dry and relatively cold
4. quite dry and relatively warm

Rising air gives ... 1 ... and causes ... 2 ... weather.

1. low air pressure rainy
2. low air pressure sunny
3. high air pressure rainy
4. high air pressure sunny

Air rises, the air                                     so

                                     

                                       so clouds form and it starts to rain. 

1

2

3

water vapour

drops of water

evaporate(s)

condenses

cools down

warms up

It is a very cold day during the winter. There is probably ...

1. High air pressure
2. Low air pressure

It is a very warm day during the summer. There is probably ...

1. High air pressure
2. Low air pressure

True or false?

In the winter, the sea cools down more quickly than the land.

1. True
2. False

True or false?

In the summer, the sea warms up more slowly than the land.

1. True
2. False

True or false?

Near the sea it is mostly a bit colder than further away from the sea.

1. True
2. False

True or false?

Winters in Enschede are mostly colder than winters in Den Haag.

1. True
2. False

From this direction the wind is cold in both summer and winter

1. N
2. E

This direction brings very warm summers

1. SE
2. SW

This direction brings very cold winters

1. E
2. NW

This direction brings relatively warm winters, but not very warm summers:

1. SE
2. SW

This direction gives warmer weather in the summer:

1. SE
2. SW

This direction gives warmer weather in the winter:

1. NW
2. NE

This direction gives more rain:

1. NW
2. NE

This direction gives more rain:

1. NW
2. SW