SUBJECT and GRADE GEOGRAPHY GRADE 12 TERM 1 TOPIC ...
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SUBJECT and GRADE TERM 1 TOPIC AIMS OF LESSON
RESOURCES
GEOGRAPHY ? GRADE 12
Week 3: Lesson 3
SUBTROPICAL ANTICYCLONES AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER CONDITIONS
? To strengthen your knowledge, understanding and interpretation of subtropical anticyclones with
specific reference to line thunderstorms and the South Africa bergwind.
Paper based resources
Digital resources
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Lesson on pages 2 - 5
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Learner tasks on page 6-7
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Textbook: Subtropical
anticyclones
INTRODUCTION CONCEPTS AND SKILLS
ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENT CONSOLIDATION VALUES
You should know from previous lessons:
Grade 11: Pressure belts ? Subtropical high pressure belt
You must know:
You must be able to:
? What is a high pressure
? apply knowledge and concepts on various
? Names of high pressures: South Atlantic-, South
geographic sources.
Indian- and Kalahari high pressures
? read and interpret sources such as graphs,
? Factors influencing weather and climate of South
maps, world maps, infographics, diagrams
Africa.
to answer data response questions & write
? Line thunderstorms
a paragraph.
? The South African bergwind.
Complete the:
? activity for this lesson on pages 6 - 7.
? additional activities in your textbook.
You must study this topic by asking key Geographic questions such as: What is it? Why is it there?
What does it look like? What is the effect? How can it be managed?
Awareness of the challenges that people face who live in areas where line thunderstorms and the
South African bergwind occur and their strategies to manage them.
Compiled by Glenn Samaai
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SUBTROPICAL ANTICYCLONES AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER CONDITIONS
What topics will be covered in this lesson?
Study this topic with the following questions in mind The following topics will be covered in this lesson:
1. Location, general characteristics and influence of high pressure cells 2. Line thunderstorms 3. South African berg winds 4. Reading of synoptic weather maps
1. LOCATION, GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE CELLS
What is it? Where is it? What does it look like? What is the impact?
What are anticyclones?
Areas of subsiding air. Anti-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
Where are the anticyclones located? What are their names?
? In the Sub-tropical high pressure belt.
? Names: -South Atlantic HP -South Indian HP -Kalahari HP
How do anticyclones influence the weather and climate of South Africa?
See diagram
Make sure that you know the names of all three high pressures as well as where they are located. You must mention the word SOUTH when referring to the high pressures over the oceans. You must have a good understanding of how the anticyclones influence the weather and climate of South Africa. This can also be tested on synoptic weather maps.
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2. LINE THUNDERSTORMS
What is it? Where is it? How are they formed? What is the impact?
How are line See explanation on
Revise your Grade 11 work regarding high pressures and the sub-
thunderstorms map of South Africa
tropical high pressure belt. Also see page 1, how anti-cyclones and
formed?
warm and cold sea currents influence the weather of South Africa.
What is a
A zone between two air
Then follow the points 1-9 to understand how line thunderstorms are
moisture front? masses with different
formed.
moisture content. Dry
air and Moist air. See
diagram
What are the ? Heavy rain and
impacts of line strong winds can
thunderstorms damage crops
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? Fertile soil eroded
? Loss of income
? Dams filled with water
Why do line thunderstorms occur during the summer?
During summer the inversion layer is positioned above the escarpment. Moist air from the Indian Ocean is able to flow in to the interior, causing rainfall
See diagram showing the difference in height of the inversion layer during summer and winter.
Via Afrika
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What is the South African bergwind?
How does the South African bergwind occur? Why is it a warm and dry wind? What are the impacts of the South African bergwind?
How can the impact be reduced?
3. SOUTH AFRICAN BERG WIND
What is it? Where is it? How is it formed? What is the impact? How can it be managed? Warm, dry winds blowing from the interior to the coast during winter See diagrams. Also take note of the crosssection.
Blows from land to sea.
? Mostly veldfires ? Respatory problems ? Animals burned to
death ? Ecosystem destroyed ? Erosion ? Pasture destroyed ? Food insecurity ? Loss of life, injuries ? Loss of property ? Awareness of cause
by cigarettes ? Fire department and
fire fighters on alert ? Fire fighting strategy ? Irrigate crops to
prevent burning
To understand this, you must know how high pressures work! It will be good idea to revise Grade 11 work regarding characteristics of High pressures.
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APPLICATION ON SYNOPTIC WEATHER MAPS 1. LINE THUNDERSTORMS AND HIGH PRESSURES
Always be prepared to answer questions regarding line thunderstorms based on a synoptic weather map!
You can identify line thunderstorms on the synoptic weather map by looking for the following: Season: summer (NB High temperatures) 1. Cold dry air from South Atlantic high 2. Warm moist air from South Indian
high 3. They meet at the moisture front, the
zone between two airmasses of different moisture content. 4. Dry air causes little cloud cover on western side of moisture front 5. Moist air causes higher cloud cover on eastern side of moisture front. Therefore, more thunder activity there.
2. SOUTH AFRICAN BERGWIND
Always be prepared to answer questions regarding the South African bergwind based on a synoptic weather map!
You can identify the South African bergwind on the synoptic weather map by looking for the following:
Season: winter (NB Low temperatures) 1. High pressure in the interior 2. Low pressure at the coast 3. Anti-clockwise circulation. Note the
wind direction at weather stations. 4. Warm temperatures at coast. 5. Possibility of incoming cold front
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