Weather?

Climate?

Atmosphere composed of...?

4 layers of the atmosphere?
(top to bottom)

Thermosphere...?

Mesosphere...?

Stratosphere...?

Troposphere...?

Atmospheric Heat Budget?

Insolation?

Insolation goes...?

4 main factors that effect the Atmospheric Heat Budget (AHB)?

Solar constant affects the AHB because?

Earths distance from the sun affects the AHB because?

Height of sun in the sky affects the AHB because?

length of day and night affects the AHB because?

Higher latitudes are colder because?

Higher altitudes are colder because?

Wind?

Low pressure

High pressure

Winds move..?

Pressure Gradient

3 main types of global atmospheric circulation cells?

At the Equator...?

Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)?

30* North and South...?

Jet streams?

Trade winds?

Westerlies?

60* North and South of the Equator?

At the Poles...?

Ocean Currents?

Water density depends on..?

Currents affected by..?

Warm ocean currents?

Cool ocean currents...?

Ocean currents travel...?

Gulf Stream?

UK Climate?

UK climate is a result of...?

Latitude affects UKs climate how?

UKs latitude?

Location in relation to atmospheric cells affects UKs climate how?

Maritime location affects UKs climate how?

Located near the Gulf Stream affects UKs climate how?

How does temperature vary within the UK?

How does precipitation vary within the UK?

How does wind vary within the UK?

Onich?

Aberystwyth?

London, Kew?

Plymouth?

Air Mass?

Arctic Maritime (Am)?

Polar Maritime (Pm)?

Polar Continental (Pc)?

Tropical Maritime (Tm)?

Tropical Continental (Tc)?

Depressions?

Weather ahead of the warm front?

Weather as warm front passes?

Weather with warm air overhead?

Weather as the cold front passes?

Weather with cold air overhead?

Anticyclone?

Winter anticyclones?

Summer anticyclones?

Blocking anticyclones?