Types of rainfall
I can describe how rain forms and understand different reasons for its formation.
Types of rainfall
I can describe how rain forms and understand different reasons for its formation.
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Key learning points
- Relief rainfall occurs when warm moist air from the ocean rises up over mountains.
- Convectional rainfall occurs when the sun heats up the land, when it cools and condenses it forms rainclouds.
- Frontal rainfall occurs when a warm front meets a cold front.
- The west of the UK is generally wetter than the east.
Keywords
Evaporation - the process of something changing from a liquid state to a gaseous state
Precipitation - water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, hail or sleet
Sublimation - conversion of a substance from solid to a gaseous form
Relief - the physical shape of the land in an area, including its height and steepness
Common misconception
There is only one type of rain; it is all the same.
Students will be exposed to the three different types of rainfall: relief, convectional, frontal.
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