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Climate, Weather, and Geography

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Climate, weather, and geography examine temperature variations, wind patterns, atmospheric hazards, and global climate zones. This hub addresses climographs, thunderstorm triggers, and regional climate descriptors. These concepts are essential for UPSC, SSC, and RRB general studies and geography exams.

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Climate, Weather, and Geography Questions

Multiple choice biology properties of natural resources the concept of bernoulli's principle variations in atmospheric pressure air exerts pressure

Which of the following plays a major role in the formation of a thunderstorm?

  1. Conduction

  2. Convection

  3. Radiation

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Convection plays a major role in the formation of a thunderstorm. When warm air rises and meets the cold air, it condenses (releases latent heat). The heat helps fuel the thunderstorm. Then the downdraft forms, bringing cold air and precipitation down to the earth's surface.   

Multiple choice geography earth as a planet spheres of earth earth and structure introduction to the spheres of the earth

Consider a specific point on the earth (say, the city of Delhi). The temperature at a given time of the day (say, 12.00 noon) will in general be higher in summer than in winter because  ____________________.

  1. the earth is closer to the sun in summer than in winter

  2. sun-rays falling on the earth are inclined (slanting) more towards the surface of the earth in winter

  3. evaporation of water from atmospheric-precipitaion occurring in winter alone

  4. the axis of the earth is inclined more towards the sun in winter
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • The principle factor deciding the temperature of any place on Earth is the angle of sun rays falling upon the surface of the earth. Vertical rays i.e. rays inclined towards the surface bring in more insolation thus earth gets warmer. On the other hand, when the sun rays are inclined away from the earth's surface i.e. slanting rays,  brings in less insolation and thus temperature remains cooler. Thus B is correct.
  • Option A is wrong as the distance from the sun does not contribute significantly towards the variation in temperature on earth.
  • Option C is wrong as evaporation occurs in all the seasons.
  • Option D is wrongly stated.
Multiple choice chemistry air and atmosphere natural cycles and resources constituents of air component of air - nitrogen

Snow and ice, are present as ________ at the poles of the earth, snow-covered mountains, and glaciers.

  1. liquid form

  2. the solid form

  3. the gaseous form

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Water can be found in liquid form in oceans, rivers, lakes and rain; in solid form in ice and snow; and as a gas (water vapour) in the atmosphere.


Hence, option B is correct.

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

Ordinary dust storm took the form of the Black Blizzard in U.S. plains in 1930 because _________________.

  1. The entire ploughed landscape was stripped of all grass which earlier held the land together

  2. There was no rainfall in the region for a very long time

  3. The whole plain was an arid zone without much vegetation

  4. The area faced heavy flooding

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Ordinary dust storm took the form of the Black Blizzard in U.S. plains in 1930 because entire landscape was stripped of all grass that held land together. Grass holds the soil together.

Multiple choice geography temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere temperature and insolation sun: the ultimate source

___________ which fall over the Torrid Zone travel shorter distance and heat up a smaller surface leading to higher temperature.

  1. The sun's rays

  2. The moon's rays

  3. The mars's rays

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The sun's rays which fall over the Torrid Zone travel shorter distances and heat up a smaller surface leading to higher temperatures.
The spectrum of the Sun's solar radiation is close to that of a black body with a temperature of about 5,800 K. The Sun also emits X-rays, ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, and even radio waves; the only direct signature of the nuclear process is the emission of neutrinos.
Multiple choice geography temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere temperature and insolation sun: the ultimate source

During the _____ , the land is hotter than the sea.

  1. day

  2. night

  3. evening

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Day,

Sea breezes occur during hot, summer days because of the unequal heating rates of land and water. During the day, the land surface heats up faster than the water surface. Therefore, the air above the land is warmer than the air above the ocean. Now, recall that warmer air is lighter than cooler air.

Multiple choice geography temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere temperature and insolation sun: the ultimate source

Cool breeze that blows over the earth is known as ________.

  1. Water breeze

  2. sea breeze

  3. heat breeze

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

During the day time, land gets heated more than the adjacent sea and low pressure develops over the land. The warm air over the land being lighter moves upward and its place is taken over by the cooler air coming from the sea. This is called Sea Breeze.

Multiple choice geography temperature process of heat transfer in the atmosphere temperature and insolation sun: the ultimate source

Which is the coldest heat zone on the earth?

  1. Torrid Zone

  2. Frigid Zone

  3. Temperate Zone

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The frigid zone is the coldest heat zone on the earth. It found one each in the two hemispheres. The Frigid zone in the northern hemisphere lies between Arctic Circle and the North pole and in the southern hemisphere between Antarctic Circle and South pole.