Definitions
Plateau
relatively flat piece of elevated land
How many centimetres in a kilometre?
100 000
How many degrees in an hour?
15
Give 2 examples of the 2 types of precipitation.
Frozen sleet, snow, Liquid rain, fog
Name the current by Cape Town
Benguela Current
Humidity
the amount of water vapour in the air
Name 2 lines of longitude.
International date line and prime/Greenwich meridian
What happens in the Southern hemisphere on the 21/22 of June?
Winter Solstice
What is the unit of measurement of wind speed?
Knots
Name the 5 factors that influence temperature and rainfall.
Mountains, wind and currents, distance from the equator, distance from the sea, height above sea level
Leeward slopes
slopes facing away from the sun
Name the 3 types of scales.
Ratio, line and word scale
How long exactly does it take the earth to orbit around the sun?
365,26 days
What is the measuring instrument of humidity?
Hygrometer
What is the great escarpment?
Set of mountain ranges ranging from 1500m – 3500m
Climate
condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time
If you want to be more specific than degree what will you use?
Minutes
Where is the sun hitting during the Southern hemisphere’s summer solstice?
Tropic of Capricorn
Which climate is found between 5 and 35 degrees of latitude, high temperature throughout the year and characterised by monsoon winds and rain?
Tropical Climate
Who will have a higher a rainfall between Johannesburg and Cape Town and why?
Johannesburg (higher temperature, closer to the clouds), Cape Town (closer to ocean)
Precipitation
condensed water vapour that falls to the ground
What is the difference between large scale and small scale?
large more detail but shows less land mass, small less detail but more land mass
If it is 2:00 am in SA and 5:30am in New Delhi how many degree apart are the two places?
52,5 degrees
Which climate is found between 40 and 60 degrees North of the equator with an annual rainfall around 500 mm with a high annual temperature range?
Continental Climate
Name any 3 climates in SA.
Hot, arid, cold, temperate, subtropical