Geography · GCSE · AQA · AQA GCSE Geography (8035) · Specification point · 3.1.1.3 · Living with the physical environment · Section A: The challenge of natural hazards
3.1.1.3 Weather hazards
| Key idea | Specification content |
|---|---|
Global atmospheric circulation helps to determine patterns of weather and climate. | General atmospheric circulation model: pressure belts and surface winds. |
Tropical storms (hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons) develop as a result of particular physical conditions. | Global distribution of tropical storms (hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons). An understanding of the relationship between tropical storms and general atmospheric circulation. Causes of tropical storms and the sequence of their formation and development. The structure and features of a tropical storm. How climate change might affect the distribution, frequency and intensity of tropical storms. |
Tropical storms have significant effects on people and the environment. |
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Primary and secondary effects of tropical storms.
Immediate and long-term responses to tropical storms.
Use a named example of a tropical storm to show its effects and responses.
How monitoring, prediction, protection and planning can reduce the effects of tropical storms.
The UK is affected by a number of weather hazards. | An overview of types of weather hazard experienced in the UK. |
Extreme weather events in the UK have impacts on human activity. | An example of a recent extreme weather event in the UK to illustrate:
Evidence that weather is becoming more extreme in the UK. |