Geography

Concepts to cover

1. Absolute and relative humidity, saturation and dew point
2. Evaporation and condensation; latent heat
3. Dew, white frost, fog, mist and smog
4. Cloud types: cirrus, cumulus, stratus, nimbus; high, middle, low and vertical clouds
5. Radiative effects of clouds: low clouds reflect and cool, high thin clouds trap long-wave radiation and warm
6. Forms of precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, hail
7. Rainfall types: convectional, orographic (rain shadow), cyclonic or frontal
8. World distribution of precipitation by latitude and coast