ICSE ICSE Class 7 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

Explain the different forms of condensation: fog, mist, and dew

What do you understand by the term ‘4 o’clock showers’?

What are planetary winds?

Give a brief description of the Westerlies in the northern hemisphere.

What are the local winds? Give a few examples.

With the help of your atlas, encyclopedias, and the Internet, find out about the climate of these places.

1. Mumbai
2. Delhi
3. Kolkata
4. London
5. New York
6. Sydney

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.

1. The diagram alongside illustrates one of the factors that affect temperature. What is it?
2. Which side of the mountain is likely to have houses and be covered with trees?

How are dewdrops beneficial for plants?

What is relative humidity? How does it differ from absolute humidity?

What does a large difference between the temperatures of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer of a hygrometer indicate?

Differentiate between precipitation and condensation. Give one example of each.

What are nimbus clouds?

What is the Beaufort scale?

Describe the various types of clouds.

What is wind? What precautions must be taken while placing a wind vane?

What is the weather report?

How is the weather forecast made? Why is weather forecast necessary?

Why is diamond clear and hard while graphite is soft?

Why is coal hard and chunky?