Diagnostic Misconceptions - Rainfall
Geography: Cambridge International GCSE (2027 Exams), topic 2.4.11
Rainfall at Different Latitudes
Low latitudes
- There is lots of rainfall at low latitudes.
High latitudes
- There is very little rainfall at high latitudes.
Test yourself on Diagnostic Misconceptions - Rainfall
How much precipitation is there at the North Pole compared to the average rainfall across the Earth?
The average annual rainfall on Earth is about 100 cm. Given this information, what would you expect the average annual rainfall to be in the Arctic?
Where does most of the rainfall happen across the world?
True or false?
There is a lot of precipitation at the South Pole because it rains when it is cold.