Atmosphere and Weather Systems

Worked examples (8)

• 1Conditions for tropical cyclone formation (4 marks)
• 2Name the fronts of a mid-latitude depression (3 marks)
• 3Anticyclone weather: summer versus winter (4 marks)
• 4Explain the formation of a mid-latitude depression (4 marks)
• 5Weather sequence as a depression passes (6 marks)
• 6How El Niño causes drought (6 marks)
• 7Explain why storm surge is the deadliest cyclone hazard (5 marks)
• 8Blocking anticyclones and the 2003 European heatwave (6 marks)

Model answers (9)

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Worked examples (8)

• 1Name the three circulation cells in each hemisphere (3 marks)
• 2State pressure and weather at the Equator and 30° (3 marks)
• 3Identify the three surface wind belts (3 marks)
• 4Explain the Coriolis effect on winds (4 marks)
• 5Explain circulation within the Hadley cell (6 marks)
• 6Explain how the jet stream steers depressions (6 marks)
• 7Explain the seasonal reversal of the South Asian monsoon (8 marks)
• 8Analyse how circulation redistributes energy (6 marks)

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Worked examples (8)

• 1Identify the main approaches to managing extreme weather (3 marks)
• 2Distinguish hard and soft engineering approaches (4 marks)
• 3State strategies for managing drought (3 marks)
• 4Explain how warning and evacuation reduce cyclone deaths (4 marks)
• 5Explain a tropical cyclone forecast and the 'cone of uncertainty' (4 marks)
• 6Explain why the same cyclone causes different impacts in an LIC and a HIC (6 marks)
• 7Use Park's model to distinguish relief and recovery (5 marks)
• 8Assess why drought can be harder to manage than a cyclone (6 marks)

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• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 3 style
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 3 style
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 3 style
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 3 style
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 3 style
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel IAL Geography Unit 3 style