The cards Question What is the Coriolis effect? Tap to flip Answer The deflection of winds and ocean currents caused by Earth's rotation. Question In which direction do surface winds generally move? Tap to flip Answer From an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. Question Besides the atmospheric circulation, what transfers heat around the Earth? Tap to flip Answer Ocean currents. Question What determines the location of global pressure belts? Tap to flip Answer The atmospheric circulation. Question What controls the temperature of each climate zone? Tap to flip Answer Latitude, because the curvature of the Earth sets how much solar radiation each latitude receives. Question What is the Quaternary period? Tap to flip Answer The period of geological time from 2.6 million years ago to the present. Question What is climate change? Tap to flip Answer A long-term change in Earth's climate patterns. Question What is an ice core? Tap to flip Answer A cylinder of ice taken from an ice sheet or glacier, used to analyse past climate. Question Give one type of evidence for natural climate change. Tap to flip Answer E.g. ice cores, tree rings or historical sources. Question About how many cycles of glacial and interglacial phases have there been in the Quaternary period? Tap to flip Answer Around 50. Question What are Milankovitch cycles? Tap to flip Answer Natural changes in Earth's orbit and tilt over thousands of years that influence solar energy and climate. Question What is a greenhouse gas? Tap to flip Answer A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere, e.g. carbon dioxide or methane. Question What is the enhanced greenhouse effect? Tap to flip Answer The increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere due to human activities, leading to global warming. Question Give one natural cause of climate change. Tap to flip Answer E.g. orbital changes, asteroid collisions, volcanic activity or solar output. Question Give one human cause of climate change. Tap to flip Answer E.g. the use of fossil fuels, agriculture or deforestation. Question What is extreme weather? Tap to flip Answer A weather event that is significantly different from the average or usual pattern. Question What is biodiversity? Tap to flip Answer A measure of the variety of living organisms in a habitat, ecosystem, biome or all over Earth. Question Give one effect of climate change caused by human activity. Tap to flip Answer E.g. sea level rise, declining Arctic ice or more extreme weather events. Question Why do different regions experience climate change differently? Tap to flip Answer Because of environmental, economic and social factors. Question What is wind shear? Tap to flip Answer The change in wind speed and direction at different altitudes. Question What is latent heat? Tap to flip Answer Energy stored in water vapour when water evaporates, released when the vapour condenses back to liquid. Question Over what do tropical storms form? Tap to flip Answer Warm ocean waters, which give them heat and moisture. Question Why does a tropical storm weaken over land? Tap to flip Answer It loses its energy source. Question What is a storm surge? Tap to flip Answer A rise in sea level caused by the pressure changes and wind of a storm. Question Give one primary effect of a tropical storm. Tap to flip Answer E.g. strong winds, heavy rain or storm surges. Question Give one secondary effect of a tropical storm. Tap to flip Answer E.g. coastal flooding or landslides. Question Why can tropical storms affect inland areas as well as coasts? Tap to flip Answer Heavy rainfall and flooding. Question What is an NGO? Tap to flip Answer A non-governmental organisation, e.g. Unicef, which can give emergency aid and long-term support as a neutral body. Question What is evacuation? Tap to flip Answer Moving people from a dangerous place to safety. Question When do immediate responses to a tropical storm happen? Tap to flip Answer Before, during and immediately after the storm. Question What does a meteorologist do? Tap to flip Answer Studies the causes of weather using information from land, sea and the atmosphere, and creates forecasts. Question In tropical storms, what does 'mitigate' mean? Tap to flip Answer To take actions that reduce the effects of a tropical storm. Question Give one technology used to monitor tropical storms. Tap to flip Answer E.g. satellite technology. Question Give one factor that affects how a country prepares for and responds to tropical cyclones. Tap to flip Answer E.g. its level of development, amount of government planning, location or experience of cyclones. Question What is geospatial data? Tap to flip Answer Georeferenced information, such as numbers or photos, that has been tied to a particular location. Question Why can glacial landforms be seen in many areas today? Tap to flip Answer The ice sheets and glaciers that created them have melted. Question In GIS, what is an attribute? Tap to flip Answer A data value associated with a feature or variable in a GIS layer. Question In GIS, what is a pop-up? Tap to flip Answer A read-only display of attribute information, often linked to a location. Question What is temporal data? Tap to flip Answer Information tied to a particular point in time, so data can be time-enabled. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Geography Unit Climate change and weather hazards Exam boards Edexcel B England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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Show the other sources (9) Primary source Using GIS to map the track of a tropical storm (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Evidence for climate change in the Quaternary period (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Natural and human causes of climate change (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Effects of climate change on people and the environment (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Tropical storms – distribution, formation and development (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Tropical storms – hazards and effects (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Tropical storms – responses (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Reducing risks from effects of tropical storms (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Examples of preparation and responses to tropical cyclones (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Found a mistake? Write to support@flashfeed.app .
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