Types of rainfall

All rain is caused by...

• freezing and cooling
• air rising
• clouds

How many types of rainfall are there?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

When the ground heats up, air rises in warm currents and cools down creating...

• Convectional rainfall
• Frontal rainfall
• Relief rainfall

Uh oh there's a mountain or a hill in the way!The wind has to push the warm air up! It cools there to form...

• Convectional rainfall
• Relief rainfall
• Frontal rainfall

A warm and a cold air mass meet!

The warm one slides up over the cold one. It cools to form...

• Convectional rainfall
• Relief rainfall
• Frontal rainfall

Which rainfall is most common in the UK?

Clue: Warm tropical air meets cold polar air over the UK!

• Convectional rainfall
• Relief rainfall
• Frontal rainfall

Which is most common in a tropical rainforest?

Clue: Air rises and cools rapidly

• Convectional rainfall
• Relief rainfall
• Frontal rainfall

In the west of the UK, warm air meets hills...

It creates...

• Convectional rainfall
• Relief rainfall
• Frontal rainfall

What do we call the area of weather on the other side of an upland area?

• 1 rain shower

• 2 rain cloud

• 3 rain shadow

• 4 rain storm

What is the 1st thing that happens to form rain fall?

• 1 air is forced to rise

• 2 water condenses

• 3 clouds form

• 4 air sinks