DLP3 WEEK 4 CLASS 3 YEAR 11 GEOGRAPHY

1 (a) Study Fig. 3.1, which shows information collected by instruments at a weather station
in
Zagreb, Croatia, on one day in February 2017.

(i) What was the diurnal (daily) range of temperature at Zagreb on 17th February 2017?
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(ii) Use the data in Fig. 3.1, along with Fig. 3.2, a relative humidity table, to find the relative
humidity at Zagreb on 17th February 2017.
You should show how you worked out your answer in the box below.
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(iii) Identify the following from Fig. 3.1:

- a weather instrument which is kept inside a Stevenson screen
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- a weather instrument which consists of a funnel and a measuring cylinder
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- a weather instrument which should be positioned in an open area at least 10 metres
above ground level.
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(iv) Explain how a wind vane is used to measure wind direction and an anemometer is
used
to measure wind speed.
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(i) Describe the annual variation in temperatures shown in Fig. 3.3.
You should use statistics in your answer.
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(ii) Underline the month from the list below when you think flooding is most likely to occur at
the location shown in Fig. 3.3.
January April August
Give reasons for your answer.
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(c) For a named river you have studied, describe the impacts of flooding.
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