Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Fill in the blank:
Planetary winds are also called permanent or _________winds.
Advertisements
Solution
Planetary winds are also called permanent or prevailing winds.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Write true or false. Correct the false statement.
A rise in temperature causes more condensation while a fall in temperature results in evaporation.
Write true or false. Correct the false statement.
Heavy rainfall occurs on the leeward or rain shadow side of highland.
How is the cloud cover shown on a weather map? Give examples.
What is condensation?
Explain the different forms of condensation: fog, mist, and dew
What do you understand by the term ‘4 o’clock showers’?
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.
- Mumbai
- Delhi
- Kolkata
- London
- New York
- 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.
What is the Beaufort scale?
