Geography: Weather

• Air pressure


  The weight of the air pushing down on the earth
• Weather

  The daily conditions of the atmosphere
• Depressions


  Areas of low pressure
• High pressure and low pressure

  Bring different types of weather conditions
• Climate


  The long-term weather conditions of a region
• Altostratus


  High up clouds that look wispy, they are us bearn
• Alto-Stratus

  Medium level clouds that appear flat/layered and smooth
• Cumulus


  Medium level clouds that appear heaped up/puffy, like a cauliflower
• Stratus


  Flat layered and smooth
• Cirrus


  Thin wispy clouds made up of ice crystals very high in the atmosphere
• Cirrocumulus


  Thin wispy clouds made up of ice crystals, heaped up/puffy like a cauliflower, located very high in the atmosphere
• Water vapour


  Water held in the air as a gas
• Evaporation


  The process when water changes from a liquid to a gas
• Types of clouds

  • Cirrus
  • Cumulonimbus
  • Stratocumulus
  • Nimbostratus
  • Cumulus
  • Stratus
• Cloud cover

  Measured in oktas
• Prevailing wind


  Most common wind directions
• Condensation

  The process when water vapour changes to a liquid
• Social impact


  • Well-being
  • Diet/nutrition
  • Community
  • Housing
  • Crime
  • Where people live
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Water supplies
• Economic impact = money and business

  • Jobs
  • Investment
• An economic impact is an effect on money and businesses
• Environmental impact = effect on the natural or built environment

  • Nature (ecosystems)
  • Pollution (air, noise, visual, water)