2. Twenty Questions Year 7 Rivers & Weather and Climate Autumn Term

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4. 1. What is an anemometer for? Measuring the wind speed.

5. 2. In which course of a river do meanders form? Middle course.

6. 3. Who was the first person to go off Niagara Falls in a barrel? A lady geography teacher. Annie Telson Taylor was the first person who went over the Canadian Falls in a wooden barrel and survived it, on October 24th 1901.

7. 4. What shape are valleys in the upper course of a river? V-shaped.

8. 5. What units do you use to measure air pressure? millibars

9. 6. Where is the source of the River Severn? Cambrian Mountains.

10. 7. How wide is the Three Gorges Dam? 2km (1.3 miles)

11. 8. What is another name for a river mouth? Estuary or delta

12. 9. What process occurs at river cliffs? Erosion.

13. 10. What process occurs on river beaches? Deposition.

14. 11. What is the process that occurs on a river bed to move rocks and pebbles along? Transportation.

15. 12. What units does a sunshine measurer use? Sunshine hours

16. 13. Which region of the UK gets the highest rainfall per year? NW.

17. 14. What is the opposite to condensation? Evaporation

18. 15. What is the name for a bend in a river? Meander.

19. 16. In which course of a river do waterfalls occur? Upper course.

20. 17. What is the word for average weather conditions over a 30 year period? Climate.

21. 18. Which type of air mass brings cold snowy weather in winter and cool rain in summer? Arctic.

22. 19. What is the word for rain, hail, snow and sleet? Precipitation

23. 20. Name one of the 3 types of rainfall. Relief, convectional or frontal rainfall.