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What is weather? The conditions outside.

What is climate? The weather over a period of time.

What is an isotherm? A line that joins equal points of temperature.

What is an isobar? A line that joins equal points of pressure.

What is meant by the term relief? The height of the land.

What is meant by aAlbedo?

Some surfaces reflect more heat than others.

An instrument used to measure heat... Thermometer.

An instrument used to measure pressure... Barometer.

A low pressure weather system... Depression.

A high pressure weather system... Anti-cyclone.

Heating is least efficient here... Poles.

Heating is most efficient here...

Equator.

Shown by blue triangles... Cold front.

Shown by red semi-circles... Warm front.

A combination of triangles and semi-

circles...Occluded front.

High wispy clouds... Cirrus.

Blanket-type clouds... Stratus.

Towering clouds... Cumulonimbus.

Rainfall at the warm front of a depression... Continuous.

Weather at the cold front of a depression.

Thunder, lightning and rain.

Between the warm and cold fronts of a depression... Warm sector.

Weather associated with winter anti-cyclones... Frost, fog and mist.

A problem associated with summer anti-

cyclones...Drought.

Land heats quicker than the sea... Continentality

A tropical storm in the North Atlantic... Hurricane.

A tropical storm in South-East Asia... Cyclone.

A tropical storm in Japan... Typhoon.

A greenhouse gas... Carbon Dioxide.

Coal, oil and natural gas... Fossil Fuels.

To replant trees... Reforestation.

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