Weather PORTAL
Exercises
1.Label the map below with the correct climate summary for each part of Britain.
1) Cool summers
2) Summers
3) Mild winters
4) Cold winters
5) Cool summers
6) Warm Summers
7) Mild winters
8) Cold winters
2. Some of the words below are mixed up. See if you can unscramble them.
Britain is in the merteatpe .............. climate noze .......... British eatwher ............... is dominated by frontal piodressens ..................... which give changeable weather. The Gulf remSat ........... Drift causes western Britain to have ldmi ........ winters. Eastern Britain has lerdoc............. winters which are influenced by continental air masses. In mumers............ the south of Britain is warmer than the north due to higher levels of lrsoa.......... heat in the south.
3. Below is some climate data for several cities in Britain. Plot graphs of the data, using a computer package if possible, to show the variation in temperature and rainfall for each site.
The average monthly rainfall and temperatures for the three sites above are:
4. Using your knowledge of climate variation throughout Britain, which location do you think each set of data belongs to. Mark the map with A, B, C next to the site you think they represent. Write a few lines to explain your choice.
