AQA A level Geography Weather and
Climate Exam Comprehensive
Review 2024
Lithosphere - Answer>> Upper part of the mantle and includes
the earths crust
Biosphere - Answer>> Sphere in which organisms live
Cryosphere - Answer>> Sphere including high proportions of
ice
Hydrosphere - Answer>> Sphere in which water such as
oceans and the water cycle are
Atmosphere - Answer>> Gaseous layer around the earth split
into layers contains 70% nitrogen and 20% oxygen
Troposphere - Answer>> The layer of atmosphere extending
approximately 8-17km upwards from the earths surface.
temperature decreases with increasing height
Tropopause - Answer>> The boundary or interface between the
troposphere and the stratosphere
Stratosphere - Answer>> The layer of atmosphere above the
troposphere in which the temperature does not decrease with
increasing altitude
Mesosphere - Answer>> The layer of atmosphere above the
stratosphere to an altitude of about 80km above the earths
surface
, Thermosphere - Answer>> The outermost layer of the earths
atmosphere to around 100km above the earths surface where
temperature falls with increasing altitude
Altitude - Answer>> Height of land above sea level (meters)
General atmospheric circulation - Answer>> The complex
pattern of wind and pressure belts within the atmosphere.
Jet stream - Answer>> A narrow belt of fast moving air near to
the top of the troposphere
Latitude - Answer>> The angular distance a plate lies wither
north or south from the equator
Lapse rate - Answer>> The rate at which temperature changes
with altitude
Rossby waves - Answer>> A series of large westerly waves
that occur in the mid latitudes of the Northern and Southern
hemispheres
The tri-cellular model - Answer>> Model to show the general
global pattern of surface winds
Inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) - Answer>> Area of low
pressure in the equatorial latitude between the 2 Hadley cells.
Hadley cells - Answer>> Basis of tropical air circulation there is
one in each hemisphere between 0 and 30 north and south
Climate Exam Comprehensive
Review 2024
Lithosphere - Answer>> Upper part of the mantle and includes
the earths crust
Biosphere - Answer>> Sphere in which organisms live
Cryosphere - Answer>> Sphere including high proportions of
ice
Hydrosphere - Answer>> Sphere in which water such as
oceans and the water cycle are
Atmosphere - Answer>> Gaseous layer around the earth split
into layers contains 70% nitrogen and 20% oxygen
Troposphere - Answer>> The layer of atmosphere extending
approximately 8-17km upwards from the earths surface.
temperature decreases with increasing height
Tropopause - Answer>> The boundary or interface between the
troposphere and the stratosphere
Stratosphere - Answer>> The layer of atmosphere above the
troposphere in which the temperature does not decrease with
increasing altitude
Mesosphere - Answer>> The layer of atmosphere above the
stratosphere to an altitude of about 80km above the earths
surface
, Thermosphere - Answer>> The outermost layer of the earths
atmosphere to around 100km above the earths surface where
temperature falls with increasing altitude
Altitude - Answer>> Height of land above sea level (meters)
General atmospheric circulation - Answer>> The complex
pattern of wind and pressure belts within the atmosphere.
Jet stream - Answer>> A narrow belt of fast moving air near to
the top of the troposphere
Latitude - Answer>> The angular distance a plate lies wither
north or south from the equator
Lapse rate - Answer>> The rate at which temperature changes
with altitude
Rossby waves - Answer>> A series of large westerly waves
that occur in the mid latitudes of the Northern and Southern
hemispheres
The tri-cellular model - Answer>> Model to show the general
global pattern of surface winds
Inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) - Answer>> Area of low
pressure in the equatorial latitude between the 2 Hadley cells.
Hadley cells - Answer>> Basis of tropical air circulation there is
one in each hemisphere between 0 and 30 north and south
