Aristo Interactive Geography Book 2 Question Bank Chapter1

Section 1 Weather and climate – do they matter? Data Based Questions Study the following newspaper and then answer the questions. |2009 among the hottest years in Hong Kong history | |With an average temperature of 23.50C, 2009 was probably the ninth-hottest years in Hong Kong Observatorys records.| | | |The past decade has been the hottest decade in the citys history. The Observatory attributed this to global warming| |and dense urban development. | |The past decade has†¦show more content†¦Up to 30 cm of snow fell in the capital and nearby Tianjin on Saturday and Sunday, which | |was the biggest snowfall in January in the region in more than 50 years. Temperatures in Beijing were expected to | |drop to -16oC today, the coldest in the capital in decades. In China’s coldest region of Heilongjiang province, | |-36 oC was recorded. | |With a Siberian cold front approaching, temperatures might drop to a historic low of between -20 and -32oC in | |Hebei province and Inner Mongolia on Tuesday and Wednesday, as forecast by the Central Meteorological | |Administration. | |4 January 2010 | [pic] A news reporter at the airport [pic] A news reporter in the city a. What was the cause of the snow storm? (1 mark) _________________________________________________________________ b. With reference to an altas, shade and label the provinces/regions that were affected by the snow storm on the map below. (2 marks) [pic] c. The figure below is a climatic graph of Beijing. Comment whether the