Monday, February 23, 2015

Weather and Climate revision




With reference to Fig. 1, identify the instrument used by the students and state the relative humidity recorded for that day.  Explain how the students obtain this information, using evidence from Fig.1.       [5]                                                                                                                                                                            



·        Instrument used:  wet and dry bulb thermometer (compulsory)
·        Relative humidity recorded: 61% (compulsory)
·        Read/record the dry bulb temperature, which is 33° C
·        Read/record the wet bulb temperature, which is 27° C
·        Find the wet bulb depression 33 - 27 = is 6° C
 [5 @ 1 mark]


(c)
One student thought that the relative humidity could be related to the depression of wet bulb. State how this relationship could be expressed and explain how this information could be represented graphically to show the relationship.       [4]                                                                                             



·        1 mark for ‘the greater the depression of wet bulb, the lower the relative humidity’ or equivalent
·        Scatter graph most likely
·        Wet bulb depression on x, relative humidity on y
·        Points plotted/line of best fit
[4 @ 1 mark]


Ei) LAND AND SEA BREEZE
6       Study Fig 3 which shows a labelled diagram of how sea breeze is formed during the day. Draw a similar well-labelled diagram below to show how land breezes are formed at night.                                                                                                                   [4]




9      Study Fig 5, which shows monsoon winds in summer.


(a)     With reference to Fig. 5, identify the monsoon winds that blow in December in India.
[1]

          North-east Monsoon




(b)     Explain the formation of the monsoon wind identified in (i).
[4]
half mark each

·       October to February
·       Higher pressure in the southern hemisphere
·       Lower pressure in the northern hemisphere
·       From high to low pressure
·       Northeast monsoon winds
·       Brings little rain to India
·       Picks up moisture from the South China Sea
·       Deflected to the left due to Coriolis effect








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(a)
Study Figs. 3 and 4, which show the climographs of Peru and India.

                                     


(i)
With reference to Figs. 3 and 4, compare the characteristics of the climate of Peru and India.                                                                                                                   [4]   



Rainfall
·        Peru’s rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year while India’s rainfall is seasonal/unevenly distributed.
·        India experiences high seasonal rainfall from June to September and low seasonal rainfall from October to May.
·        Peru’s annual rainfall is about 2815mm while India’s annual rainfall is about 3320mm.

Temperature
·        Both Peru and India experience high temperature of around 27°C throughout the year.
·        India has a larger annual temperature range of about 4°C while Peru has a small annual temperature range of 1°C.






(ii)
Account for the distribution of rainfall in India.                                        [4]   



·        From June to September, India is experiencing southwest monsoon that travels over the Indian Ocean.
·        It bring moisture/rain to India; resulting in high rainfall.
·        From October to April, India is experiencing northeast monsoon wind that travels across the continental land.
·        The monsoon wind was able to receive moisture hence India did not receive much rain during this period of time.





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