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प्रश्न
- The diagram alongside illustrates one of the factors that affect temperature. What is it?
- Which side of the mountain is likely to have houses and be covered with trees?
थोडक्यात उत्तर
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उत्तर
- Aspect refers to the direction of a slope with respect to the sun’s rays. In the northern hemisphere, all the south-facing slope receives the direct rays of the sun and is, therefore, warmer, while the north-facing slopes are cooler. In the southern hemisphere, all the north-facing slopes receive more sunlight than the south-facing slopes.
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Fill in the blank:
Humidity refers to the amount of moisture or __________ present in the air.
Fill in the blank:
The amount of cloud cover in the sky is expressed in ________
Name the various forms of precipitation.
How is the cloud cover shown on a weather map? Give examples.
What do you understand by the term ‘4 o’clock showers’?
What are planetary winds?
What are the local winds? Give a few examples.
In your notebook, draw neat, labelled, coloured sketches of the three different types of rainfall. Alongside each diagram, briefly describe in your own words, how each type of rainfall occurs.
What is the Beaufort scale?
Describe the various types of clouds.
