Theme 5

Which is a natural cause of climate change?

• Cows burping

• Volcanic eruptions

• Orbital cycles

• Trees

Which of these increases the amount of carbon in the atmosphere?

• Deforestation

• Trees photosynthesis

• Solar cycles

• Burning fossil fuels

Which of these is not a cell in the Global Atmospheric Circulation Model

• Polar Cell

• Hadley Cell

• Tropical Cell

• Ferrel Cell

Which of these are low pressure hazards?

• Monsoons

• Droughts

• Hurrricanes

• Volcanic Eruptions

Which are impacts of Cyclone Pam?

• Loss of livelihoods for subsistence farmers

• 353 people died

• $2 billion lost in farming industry

• 90000 made homeless

Which of these factors means the UK has a maritime climate?

• The UK is at high latitudes

• The UK is an upland area

• The UK is an island

• The UK faces north

Anticyclones bring which type of weather?

• Wet and windy

• Hot and dry

• Cold and wet

• Sunshine and showers

Concrete and tarmac make cities...

• Hotter

• Colder

• Wetter

• Drier

Why are tropical rainforests being chopped down?

• For mining

• For agriculture

• For hydropower

• For carbon capture

Which of these is a challenge facing the Savannah?

• De-Salination

• Desertification

• Flooding

• Over-abstraction of Water