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Geography (weather (wind speed and direction (wind wane meaures direction,…

- - - - due to Britains latitude ( far away from equator)
      - cooling effect of sea
      - prevailing sea winds
    - - warming effect of sea
      - prevailing winds of sea
    - - due to prevailing winds picking up moisture
        
        Frontal rain
        
        when warm air has to rise over cold air
        
        Relief rain
        
        when warm moist air has to go above a mountain
        
        Convectional rain
        
        (mainly in summer) when heated ground warms air around it. The warm air then rises, causing thunder storms
    - - North-West USA
      - South Chille
      - North-West europe
      - Tanzania
      - South Island of New Zealand
      - all these places
        
        lie between 40 degrees and 60 degrees north or south of the equator
        
        mostly on the west of the continents they are in
        
        have prevailing winds come from the west (sea)
        
        have mountains inland of the coast
  - - - places near the equator are hotter than places near the poles. This is due mainly to the curvature of the earth and the angle of the sun.
      - at the equator the sun is often over head. It shines straight down and its heat gets concentrated on a very small area which gets very hot
      - towards the poles the sun shines at an angle which means the sun light is spread over a larger area which makes the temperature cooler
    - - The distance from sea affects its temperature . in summer places which are in land and away from the sea are usually warmer than places near the coast . In winter the opposite happens
    - - direction of winds from which the winds actually come from. for example prevailing winds will bring cool weather if it came from the sea in summer or from land in winter, vica versa. It'll also bring rain if it came from the sea
    - - the higher you are the colder it is. for every 100 meters up it becomes 1 degree colder
  - - - hot
      - dry
      - reason
        
        sun rises high into sky, although it doesn't rise directly over the Mediterranean region it still increases the temp a little.
        
        during summer prevailing winds come from the land which is hot so it brings hot weather and less rain
    - - warm
      - wet
      - reason
        
        although sun is lower it is still enough to give hot days
        
        since the sea has heat during winter and the prevailing winds come from the sea at this time of year, it brings warm- ish weather with plenty of rainfall during this time
    - - 400 mm in a year
- - - - thick, luxiariant vegetation
      - evergreen trees don't shed their leafs at a particular season
      - they are found in places with high temperature and heavy rainfall
      - they have a wide range of biodiversity
    - - emergent layer
        
        upper most layer
        
        some trees rise and tower over others
        
        consists of tall straight and smooth trunks with less branches
        
        40m
      - canopy layer
        
        trees grow closely together
        
        crowns of trees inter lock to form a continuos cover thatblocks sunlight
        
        lianes
        
        thick woody vines (found in this laye)
        
        epiphytes are also found here
        
        20-40m
      - under canopy layer
        
        10-20m
        
        vegetation is sparse and poorly developed
        
        shrubs and small plants can be found here
        
        thin layers of leaf litter is found here
- - - - pine
      - cyptress
    - - thyme
      - lavender