Atmospheric hazards (AQA GCSE)

What is wind?

• Swirling atmosphere that creates storms

• Large scale movements of air caused by differences in air pressure

• Anticlockwise movement of atmosphere bringing rain

• Areas of high pressure

True or false: Air rises at the equator

• True

• False

True or False: Air rises at the equator and sinks at the tropics

• True

• False

The movement of air through loops or cells is known as....

• Global Altitude System

• The circulatory system

• Global Atmospheric Circulation

Tropical storms need ocean temperatures above ____ degrees to form

• 25

• 27

• 30

The equator is found at ___ degrees latitude

• 0

• 30

• 90

Tropical storms form...

• only on the equator

• between 5 and 30 degrees north and south of the equator

• Between 30 and 90 degrees north and south of the equator

The centre of a tropical storm is called the...

• eye

• nose

• ear

True or False: The eyewall is a thick band of cloud surrounding the eye

• True

• False

Inside the eye of the storm it is...

• Raining heavily

• Really windy

• Completely calm

• Windy and rainy