Weather and Climate

6. Force which starts hurricanes rotating.
7. Deposition of moisture from the atmosphere as rain, drizzle, hail, snow, fog or dew.
10. Warm air is forced to rise over mountains, as it does so it cools, condenses and rains.
11. Sinking warm air, characterised by clear skies and warm temperatures in the summer, or frosts in the winter.
13. A system designed to capture carbon dioxide at its sources and pump it into porous rocks to prevent it reaching the atmosphere.
15. The day-to-day atmospheric conditions including temperature, rainfall, humidity, cloud cover, sunshine hours, wind direction etc.
16. Area of low air pressure, characterised by cumulo-nimbus clouds, formed where a warm front and cold front meet.
17. Warm Atlantic ocean current originating in the Gulf of Mexico bringing with it warm moist air to the British Isles.
19. A quota system to limit carbon dioxide emissions from major polluters
20. Horizontal movement of air across the Earth’s surface.
21. Key factor affecting climate as distance from the Equator increases
22. How much the temperature is expected to fall for every 1000 m gained in altitude

1. The first successful international treaty aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases from 37 Annex 1 countries.
2. Description of the UK’s climate with cool winters and warm, wet summers.
3. The recent dramatic increase in global temperatures as a result of increased greenhouse gas emissions.
4. Scientists who measure and analyse weather data.
5. The average weather conditions recorded over a period of 30 years.
8. Unit of air pressure (mb).
9. Natural effect where the Earth’s atmosphere traps heat from outgoing radiation.
12. When two air masses meet, the warm air mass is undercut by the cold one, forced to rise, water vapour cools, condenses and rains.
14. A weather event that is significantly different from the average for that time of year e.g flash flood, severe snowstorm, drought etc.
18. Prevailing wind direction in the UK comes from the?