WASSCE Geography · Paper 1 style

Weather instruments

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Rainfall is measured with a

Abarometer
Bwind vane
Crain gauge
Dthermometer

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Answer: C

Rain gauge measures rainfall.

Trap A Confuses weather instruments: Baro- = pressure; hygro- = humidity; anemo- = wind speed; wind vane = direction; rain gauge = rainfall; Six's thermometer = max/min temperature.

Trap B Picks a closely related feature or term: Learn related features as contrasting pairs: how each forms and what it looks like.

Trap D Gives only part of the answer: Recall the full definition or list of factors and check the option covers it.

Traps in Weather instruments

Confuses weather instruments
Baro- = pressure; hygro- = humidity; anemo- = wind speed; wind vane = direction; rain gauge = rainfall; Six's thermometer = max/min temperature.
Picks a closely related feature or term
Learn related features as contrasting pairs: how each forms and what it looks like.
Gives only part of the answer
Recall the full definition or list of factors and check the option covers it.
Confuses types of rainfall
Convectional: intense surface heating (equatorial afternoons). Relief/orographic: air forced over highlands (windward wet, leeward rain shadow). Frontal/cyclonic: warm air rises over cold air (temperate).
Uses an everyday idea instead of the geography
Test the intuition against the physical process; geography terms and causes often differ from their everyday sense.

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