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What causes cloud and rain? “Whe ai isesit cools, This causes condensation as water vapour turns into clouds of water droplets. It theairis forced to rise, the droplets get bigger and too heay to float in the alt, Then they fall as rain ot ‘other types of precipitation, Air can be forced upin three ways to give three types of rainfall, Water vapour enenes to foam) ]——\_- cameo athe ai sini rms ae ate “foes pee Reliefrain- when air is forced up by hills, Relief means the shape of the and, When winds blow inland the aris foreed to rise over mountains. The alt ‘coos to form clouds, the clouds rise and rliefrain fallson the mountains. In Burope the winds from the ‘Atlantic Ocean bring rain to the mountains of western ‘Burope. By theme the ‘winds reach eastern Europe the clouds havelosta lot of thelr moisture so the weather s drier. Weather pattems over Europe © Make a copy of diagram A, to show how comectional ain forms. Adal the labels. © Make a copy ofciagrar B: rl ain. Each sentence matehes 2 number on diagram B. Write these sentences in the corect place on your diagram: © Air ios and coos Water vagour condenses into ud (© Clouds ise and rain fas {© Moist a bows in tom the Aone Ocean, © Te airs the mosniansewesten Europe and Ie forced tie Frontal rain—when ‘warm air is forced up over cold air ‘Afrontis where warm air ‘meets cold air. Warm air from the topics islighter than cold air from the polar regions. When the two. meet, the warmer ar rises ‘over the colder, heavier at ‘Asthe warm airs forced to rise it cools form clouds. Fronts ean bring rain to any part of Europe. Ona ‘weather map acold front looks lke this: AAA ‘and a warm front ike this mm, © Now make a copy of diagram ¢ and giv a title, Each sentence below matches a umber on diagram €. Write these sentences in the correct place on your diagram © later ai ses oer cold aie © clas demon © warm ai hls mitre © clouds oat frm ain © Which type of rainfall is most likely for cach ofthese situations? Gie.a reason for each answer. © Awiny day inthe Erlich Lake Distt © Acald windy dyin the Netherton © Aot ayn the south of France.

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