Starter quiz
- Water can be:
- a solid
- a liquid
- a gas
- all of the above ✓
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What do you think is happening to the water represented by the blue arrow here?- It is moving up the hill, cooling down and condensing into rain. ✓
- It is evaporating as it goes higher and turning into rain.
- It is moving down the hill and warming up.
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- How would you describe the climate of the UK?
- mild and wet ✓
- hot and dry
- cold and dry
- hot and wet
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- What is "precipitation"?
- The process of water turning into clouds.
- Water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, hail, or sleet. ✓
- Water that evaporates into the air.
- The movement of water through rivers.
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- Temperature __________ with altitude.
- increases
- decreases ✓
- stays the same
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- Why is "relief" important when studying rainfall patterns?
- It explains how clouds form.
- It helps us understand how the land’s shape affects weather. ✓
- It shows how fast wind travels.
- It helps predict the temperature of the area.
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Exit quiz
What is the correct term for this system?- 'Hydrological Cycle' ✓
- Which of these diagrams is correctly representing relief rainfall?
- What type of rainfall is common in the south east of England, typically in the summer months?
- Frontal
- Relief
- Convectional ✓
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- Which region of the UK is generally wetter?
- North
- East
- South
- West ✓
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- What happens to liquid water when it is frozen?
- It becomes a gas.
- I becomes a solid. ✓
- Nothing happens.
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- What does rainfall start as when it falls out of the cloud?
- Sleet
- Rain
- Hail
- Ice
- Snow ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Relief rainfall occurs when warm moist air from the ocean rises up over mountains.
- Convectional rainfall occurs when the sun heats up the land, when it cools and condenses it forms rainclouds.
- Frontal rainfall occurs when a warm front meets a cold front.
- The west of the UK is generally wetter than the east.
Common misconception
There is only one type of rain; it is all the same.
Students will be exposed to the three different types of rainfall: relief, convectional, frontal.
Keywords
Evaporation - the process of something changing from a liquid state to a gaseous state
Precipitation - water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, hail or sleet
Sublimation - conversion of a substance from solid to a gaseous form
Relief - the physical shape of the land in an area, including its height and steepness
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