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Q1 (i) What is atmosphere?
(ii) Which two gases make the bulk of the atmosphere?
(iii) Which gas creates green house effect in the atmosphere?
(iv) What is weather?
(v) Name three types of rainfall?
(vi) What is air pressure?Ans: (i) A huge blanket of air by which our earth is covered is known as atmosphere. The atmosphere Contains following layers:
- Troposphere
- Stratosphere
- Mesosphere
- Thermosphere
- Exosphere
Out of these atmospheric layers, troposphere is the most important layer of the atmosphere which directly support life.(ii) Nitrogen and oxygen make the bulk of the atmosphere.
(iii) Carbon dioxide gas creates the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere, as it contributes maximus area in the atmosphere.
(iv) Whether is defined as hour to hour and day to day conditions of the atmosphere. It is short term state of the atmosphere. Either is hot or cold wet or dry.
(v) The following types of rainfall are:
- convectional rainfall
- orographic rainfall
- cyclonic rainfall(vi) Air pressure is defined as the pressure exerted by the weight of air on the earth’s surface.
Q2 (i) Which of the following gases protects us from harmful sun vays?
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Nitrogen (c) Ozone(ii) The most important layer of the atmosphere is
(a) Troposphere (b) Thermosphere (c) Mesosphere(iii) Which of the following layers of the atmosphere is free from clouds?
(a) Troposphere (b) Stratosphere (c) Mesosphere(iv) As we go up the layers of the atmosphere, the pressure
(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Remains the same(v) When precipitation comes down to the earth in the liquid form, it is called
(a) Cloud (b) Rain (c) SnowAns: (i) (c) ozone
(ii) (a) troposphere
(iii) (b) stratosphere
(iv) (b) decrease
(v) (b) rainQ3 (i) Trade Winds (a) Incoming solar energy
(ii) Loo (b) Seasonal wind
(iii) Monsoon (c) Horizontal movement of Air
(iv) Wind (d) Layer of ozone gas
(e) Permanent wind
(f) Local windAns: (i) Trade winds (e) permanent wind
(ii) Loo (f ) local wind(iii) Monsoon (b) seasonal wind
(iv) Wind (c) horizontal movement of airQ4 (i) Wet clothes take longer time to dry on a humid day?
(ii) Amount of insolation decreases from equator towards poles?Ans: (i) This happens because on a humid day, there is more water in air than the sunny day. Because air can soak less water from wet clothes i.e, where rate of evaporation decrease.
(ii) Because sun rays fall vertical on the equator while slanting on the poles.
Q5 (i) Solve this Crossword puzzle with the help of given clues:
Ans: 1. Humidity: It is defined as the Water vapour present in the air.
2. Cloud
3. Loo
4. weather
5. Rain
6. Peepal
7. atmosphere: Which is formed of air.
8. Carbon dioxide
9.Barometer
1o. insolation
11. Exosphere
12. air
13. Fog
14. Oxygen
15. wind
16. Neem
17. Noon
18. ozone: ozone is a layer which protect our earth from sun's harmful UV- radiations.
19. Cyclone: Cyclone is defined as the large air mass which rotates around the strong center which have low atmospheric pressure, in the counterclock-wise direction.