Climate
E1.dWhat the syllabus asks of you
- know the distribution of temperature and rainfall, including monsoon, depressions and convectional rain
- know seasonal and regional variations, and the factors contributing to them, including depressions, thunderstorms and cyclones (typhoons)
- understand the causes of the monsoon (knowledge of the causes of other types of rain is not required)
- describe and explain the characteristics of the climate of the arid, semi-arid, humid and highland regions, including seasonal variations
- know the influence of latitude and longitude on day length and climate
- understand the influence of the climate (both the benefits it brings and the problems it causes) on the economy and on the lives of the people: the influence of low temperature, ice and snow on the lives of people in the mountains; the influence of rain storms and flooding on agriculture, industry and communications; the problems caused by drought and shortage of water supply on agriculture and industry.
Read the notes first
Chapter 17: Climate
Drill this topic
All 8 questions on Climate, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
8 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.