AQA GCSE Geography - Weather hazards questions with correct answers

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GCSE
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Geography -
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Weather hazards questions with correct answers
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Economic /
/impact //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔The //effect //of //an //event //on //the //wealth //of //an //area //or //community.




Environmental /
/impact //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔The /


/effect //of //an //event //on //the //landscape //and //ecology //of //the //surrounding //area.




Extreme /
/weather //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔This /


/is /


/when //


a/
/weather /


/event /


/is /


/significantly /


/different /


/from /


/the /


/average /


/or /

, /usual /
/weather /


/pattern, /


/and /


/is /


/especially /


/severe /


/or /


/unseasonal. /


/This /


/may /


/take //place //over //one //day //or //a //period //of //time. //A //severe //snow //blizzard //or //heat //wave //are


//two //examples //of //extreme //weather //in //the //UK.




Global /
/atmospheric /


/circulation //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔The /


/worldwide /


/system /


/of /


/winds, /


/which /


/transports /


/heat /


/from /


/tropical /


/to /


/polar /


/latitudes. /


/In /


/each //hemisphere, //air //also //circulates //through //the //entire //depth //of //the //troposphere //which


//extends //up //to //15 //km.