Monday 11 February 2008

Anticyclone case study - Europe, Summer 2003

Thanks to Miss Wieczorek for her help in preparing the resources for this lesson.

The Summer 2007 exam paper required candidiates to write a case study about a high pressure weather system. The European anticyclone of Summer 2003 would be a great example to use in a question like this (remember: anticyclones are areas of high pressure).

This is the 2007 exam question. Make sure that you can answer in detail - check the previous post to see how the examiner marks case study answers.

A weather event caused by high pressure

(i) Name and locate a weather event that has been caused by a high pressure system.
(ii) Describe the weather event.
(iii) Explain how the weather event affected people and the environment.

These questions could also be answered using the Summer 2003 anticyclone in Europe:

A weather event (June 2001)

(i) Name a weather event you have studied.
(ii) Describe how the weather event affected different groups of people and the environment.
(iii) Explain why the weather event took place.

A weather event caused by a high or low pressure weather system (June 2003)

(i) Name a location where you have studied a weather event.
(ii) State whether the weather event was caused by a high or low pressure system.
(iii) Describe how the weather event affected people and the environment.
(iv) Explain what caused the weather event (use diagrams if you wish).

OK, now for the lesson materials - the PowerPoint and the MindMap:



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