Weather & Climate
Past Examinations Questions
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1. Measurement of elements of weather and climate |
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| a. Stating the wind direction of the prevailing wind (2 marks) (1992) | Getting information from wind roses |
| b. Calculation of annual range of temperature from a climatic graph of Hong Kong (1 mark) (1992) | Getting information from a climatic graph |
| c. Calculation of annual range of temperature (1 mark) (2000) | ¡@ |
| c. Total amount of rainfall in the wettest month (1 mark) (1992) | Getting information from a climatic graph |
| d. Calculation of diurnal range of temperatures of a particular day (1 mark) (1996) | ¡@ |
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2. Temperature |
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| a. Differences in diurnal range of temperature between 2 weather stations (5 marks) (1994) | Identifying the locational differences between 2 weather stations |
| b. Temperatures of three weather stations (1 mark) (2000) | Matching |
| c. Differences in temperature characteristics (7 marks) (2000) | Factors affecting temperature |
| d. Reasons why a weather station has the lowest annual mean temperature among the three stations (3 marks) (2000) | ¡@ |
| e. Trend of annual mean temperature in Hong Kong from 1947 to 1997 (1+6 marks) (2000) | ¡@ |
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3. Pressure and Winds |
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| a. World pressure pattern (1 mark) (1995) | Identifying by reading pressure belts on the world map |
| b. Formation of low pressure over Central China (5 marks) (1995) | ¡@ |
| c. Reasons why pressure belts in the Southern Hemisphere is continuous (2 marks) (1995) | ¡@ |
| d. Identification of the wind systems, Monsoon winds & Trade winds (2 marks) (1993) | Reading arrows from a map of South-east Asia |
| e. Identification of the wind systems, Trade winds & Westerlies (2 marks) (1999) | Reading arrows from a world map |
| f. Seasonal changes in wind directions in northern Australia (Changes of monsoon winds) (9 marks) (1993) | ¡@ |
| g. Formation of Trade winds (6 marks) (1999) | ¡@ |
| h. How trade winds affect the Mediterranean Climate (6 marks) (1999) | Reading a climatic graph |
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4. Moisture & Forms of condensation |
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| a. Formation of relief rain in SE coast of Australia in January (6 marks) (1993) | Drawing an annotated cross-section |
| b. Formation of frontal rain found around trough of low pressure (6 marks) (1994) | Identifying the feature, trough of low pressure, from the weather chart |
| c. Formation of cyclonic rain (6 marks) (1996) | Reading weather chart |
| d. The reason why fog is commonly found in spring (1+5 marks) (1991) | ¡@ |
| e. Influence of fog on human activities in Hong Kong (3 marks) (1991) | ¡@ |
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5. World Climates |
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| a. Climatic graphs at different locations | Matching & reading climatic graphs |
| b. Contrasting and explaining the different climatic conditions of two locations (10 marks) (1995) | Factors affecting temperatures and rainfall amount |
| c. Climatic characteristics of Mediterranean Climate (4 marks) (1999) | Reading a climatic graph |
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6. Weather Charts & HK Weather and Climate |
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| a. Identification of the feature, cold front (1 mark) (1991) | Reading weather chart |
| b. Identification of high pressure system (anticyclone) (1 mark) (1991) (1 mark) (1998) | Reading weather chart |
| c. Identification of low pressure system (1 mark) (1997) | Reading weather chart |
| d. Changes of weather conditions after the passage of a cold front (5 marks) (1991) | Reading weather chart |
| e. Weather conditions brought by cold front (6 marks) (1997) | Reading weather chart |
| f. How weather conditions brought by cold front affect human activities in Hong Kong (3 mark) (1997) | Reading weather chart |
| g. Identification of tropical cyclone (typhoon) from a weather chart (1 mark) (1996) (1 mark) (1998) | Reading weather chart |
| h. Differences between tropical cyclone and anticyclone (4+2+4 marks) (1998) | Reading weather chart |
| i. Difference in wind speed experienced in tropical cyclone and anticyclone (3 marks) (1998) | ¡@ |
| j. Problems brought to the Philippines when typhoon moves towards it (4 marks) (1998) | Reading weather chart |
| k. Changes in weather conditions when typhoon approaches (7 marks) (1996) | Reading weather chart |
| l. The result of the typhoon if it moved inland (3 marks) (1996) | Reading weather chart |
| m. Using map evidence to describe the weather characteristics of spring (1+4 marks) (1991) | ¡@ |
| n. Identification of fog on the weather chart | Reading symbols on weather chart |
| o. Seasonal changes in wind directions and the amount of rainfall in June and December (13 marks) (1992) | ¡@ |
| p. Climatic hazards that may occur in June and December (2+2 marks) (1992) | ¡@ |
| q. Hazards occurred on hillslopes and in low-lying areas caused by torrential rain (1+1 marks) (1994) | ¡@ |
| r. Weather conditions in different weather stations (3 marks) (1994) | Matching |
| s. Symbols to represent the weather conditions of a weather station (5 marks) (1994) | Drawing symbols used on weather maps |
| t. Local variations in mean annual rainfall in Hong Kong (3+5 marks) (1997) | ¡@ |
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