GCSE Weather QUIZ

The UK is located between which lines of latitude?

• 50^oN and 60^oN of the Prime Meridian

• 50^oN and 60^oN of the Equator

• 40^oN and 50^oN of the Equator

• 50^oN and 60^oS of the Equator

The UK climate is best described as...

• equatorial

• temperate

• Mediterranean

• tropical

UK climate - the maritime influence

As the UK is surrounded by sea, most of the air that reaches us contains a large amount of moisture, resulting in consistent _______________ throughout the year.

• temperature

• rainfall

• snowfall

• winds

UK climate - atmospheric circulation

The UK is at the boundary of the northern Ferrel and Polar circulation cells. The meeting of warmer from the south and colder air from the north leads to...

• convectional rainfall

• frontal rainfall

• relief (orographic) rainfall

What type of air would you find in a Maritime Tropical air mass?

• Warm and Wet

• Warm and Dry

• Cold and Wet

• Cold and Dry

What type of air would you find in a Continental Polar air mass?

• Warm and Wet

• Warm and Dry

• Cold and Wet

• Cold and Dry

Warm air moves in and slowly goes over the cooler air making it rain for day. What type of front?

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Stationary front

• Occluded front

Cold air moves in quickly pushing the warm air up causing a thunderstorm that is over in an hour. What type of front?

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Stationary front

• Occluded front

The curving of moving objects including wind, from a straight path due to Earth’s rotation.

• Eye
• Coriolis Effect 
• Tornado
• Meteorologist

What is the name given to the central core of warm, relatively calm air with low pressure and light winds in the middle of a hurricane.

• Knot

• Air Pressure

• Tsunami

• Eye