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Variable Weather and Changing Climate
Quick questions on The monsoon and variable weather explained: O-Level Geography
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What is variable weather?Show answer
Variable weather means conditions that depart from the usual pattern: an unusually heavy or weak monsoon, an extended dry spell, or an unexpected storm. Causes include natural shifts in the wind and pressure systems and, in some years, large-scale ocean-atmosphere changes that strengthen or weaken the monsoon.
What is q1?Show answer
Define the term "monsoon". [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain why the wet monsoon brings heavy rain. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
State two effects of an unusually heavy monsoon on people. [2 marks]
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