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UK Rainfall Patterns Worksheet

Explore how rainfall varies across the UK. Use the rainfall figures and the questions to solve the activities. The figures are simplified examples for comparison, not official measurements.

Read the rainfall figures

These example annual totals show a general west-to-east pattern. Real rainfall changes from year to year and from place to place.

Place

Example annual rainfall (mm)

Western Highlands, Scotland

2,000

Lake District, England

1,500

London, England

600

East Anglia, England

550

Investigate the pattern

Use the example rainfall figures and your knowledge of how rain forms to answer each question.

1.Which place in the rainfall figures has the highest example annual total?
  • London
  • East Anglia
  • Western Highlands, Scotland
  • Lake District
2.True or false? In these example figures, East Anglia receives more annual rainfall than the Lake District.
TrueFalse
3.How much more rainfall does the Western Highlands example receive than the London example? Show the subtraction.
4.Complete the sentence: As moist air rises over hills and mountains, it cools and water vapour condenses into .
5.Complete the sentence: Clouds can produce .
6.Match each place to the best description, using the rainfall figures.
  • Western Highlands, Scotland
  • East Anglia
  • Lake District
  • Lowest example total
  • Wetter than London in the examples
  • Highest example total
7.Why might a place on the western side of a mountain range receive more rain than a place on the eastern side?
8.A weather station records 1,500 mm of rain in one year. Which place in the figures has that example total, and how does it compare with London?
9.A classmate says, “Every place in western Britain is wetter than every place in eastern Britain.” Is this a safe conclusion from the figures? Explain why or why not.
10.Which two places in the figures have the highest example annual rainfall totals? Support your choices with evidence from the figures.

2 printable pages

  • UK Rainfall Patterns Worksheet, page 1 of 2: Read the rainfall figures, Investigate the pattern

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  • UK Rainfall Patterns Worksheet, page 2 of 2: 4. Complete the sentence: As moist air rises over hills and mountains, it cools and water…

    Page 2

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