Geography Exam Questions

The synoptic weather map illustrates typical ... conditions.

• winter

• summer

Line A-A represents a ...

• ridge

• trough

The air pressure reading of isobar B is ... hPa.

• 1012

• 1016

The air pressure gradient is steeper around the weather station at ...

• D

• E

The north-easterly wind at Durban is influenced by the ... circulation of air.

• anticlockwise

• clockwise

The unstable weather conditions at weather station C are due to the development of a ... front.

• cold

• moisture

Which weather station illustrates the following weather changes at F in the next 24 hours? The wind direction changes to south-west. The air temperature decreases by 6 °C.

• Y

• Z

The relationship between slopes and the sun's rays is referred to as ...

• insolation

• aspect

• north-facing slope

• terrestrial radiation

The surface from A to B is intensely heated because it is ...

• receiving oblique sunrays

• at a lower latitude

• receiving direct sunrays

• at a higher altitude

The climatological phenomenon occurring at C is ...

• radiation fog

• advection fog

• terrestrial radiation

• a frost pocket