Suggested Answers to Selected Questions on Worksheet on Agades

High day temperatures at Agades

low latitude of the sun at the equator. High angle of incidence of solar radiation at the equator. Higher temperatures in the day Longer hours of sunshine too

Lack of clouds due to low relative humidity. Agades receives direct heating from the Sun Agades is 2000 km away from the Atlantic Ocean, cool onshore winds will be warmed by the time it gets to Agades

Low Rainfall in Agades

2000 km away from the sea moist air over the cold currents at the Atlantic Ocean condenses to form tiny water droplets as this foggy air moves inland to Agades, it gets warmed up to form water vapour, reducing relative humidity and the chance of precipitation forming

OR as warm air from the low pressure equator rises to the tropopause and moves to towards the poles, it begins to cool and sink this cool sinking air gets warmed up as it sinks around the latitude 18 water droplets is vapourised, reducing the relative humidity and the chance of precipitation

For answers to the rest of the question, please refer to answer booklet pg. 7-8