Summary GCSE Geography - Weather & Climate

GEOGRAPHY GCSE – Weat




GCSE Geograph
Weather & Clima
Cambridge IGCSE

, GEOGRAPHY GCSE – Weat

Contents
q The Weather – q Rainforest Water and Nutrient Cycle –
q Weather Instruments – q More Advanced Nutrient Cycle –
q Stevenson Screen – q The Value of Tropical Rainforests –
q Types of Clouds – q Reasons for Deforestation –
q More Clouds – q Borneo Case Study-Deforestation –
q Climate Graphs –
q Main Features of the 5 Main Climate Zones –
q Atmospheric Circulation –
q General Circulation of Air –
q Hot Desert & Equatorial Climates –
q Hot Desert Adaptations & Vegetation –
q Namib Desert Case Study-Area of a Hot Desert –
q Characteristics of a Tropical Rainforest –
q Tropical Rainforest Climate –
q Structure of a Tropical Rainforest –
q Plant Adaptations –
q Animal Adaptations –
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, GEOGRAPHY GCSE – Weat

The Weather Rain, snow,
smog(air p
Weather à Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a certain time dew(measur
Weather Elements à Are part of the weather (e.g. pressure)
Weather Events àAre a result of weather elements(e.g. drought) Precipitation
Weight of Time Strength
atmosphere as felt (hours) (Burn Time)
as surface

Pressure Sunshine
Low
cyclone/d Temperature
epression
Curren
<995 mb
The Types Max/m
Absolute- Weather Soil T
amount of Sea
Humidity
water vapor in Heat
atmosphere in
Cloud
Cold Sn
mg/m3 Direction of Wind Cover peri
Compass
Relative-% of wind (in octas) unusu
points
max amount tem
of water loss Strength of Wind Chill(cooling effect from wind
at that temp Wind(kph/knots) blowing on surface)
All weather elements are linked, and all the energy that generates weather comes from the su
Sun à Temperature à Pressure à Wind à Humidity à Cloud à Precipitation