Section A
The diagram below shows the position of areas of high and low pressure and the direction of the surface winds blowing between them.
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1. Complete the above diagram.
(a) Indicate a Hadley Cell. [2]
(b) Account for the size, shape and directions of air movements drawn. [2]
(c) Outline the differences between the area of low pressure around the Equator and those at the polar front using the following three headings:
- reasons for the air rising;
- type of cloud that usually forms;
- precipitation characteristics. [6]
(d) How can El Niño affect the weather and economics of the tropical and subtropical zones? [3]
(e) Explain how the weather associated with periods of long winter cold affect humans. [8]
Section B
(a) What are the consequences of global warming; and how will they effect our economic and social well being? [10]
(b) Using one country as a focus, outline the impacts of global warming upon it. [10]
