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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 living in harmony climate factors abiotic components organisms and environment

Which of the following is a climatic factor?

  1. Oxygen

  2. Temperature

  3. Soil structure

  4. Altitude
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The constituents of the environment, which directly or indirectly influence the form and functioning of organisms in any specific way are known as environmental factors. They are of two types: abiotic and biotic. 

The abiotic factors are of four types-
  1. Climatic (light, air, temperature, humidity, precipitation)
  2. Edaphic (soil)
  3. Topographic (surface behaviour of earth)
  4. Fire 
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice biology living in harmony climate factors abiotic components organisms and environment

Which of the following is most ecologically relevant factor ?

  1. Precipitation

  2. Temperature

  3. Soil

  4. Wind
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Precipitation is any form of a liquid or solid water particles that falls from the atmosphere and reach the surface of the earth. Its effect deflect the temperature, wind and humidity. 
So the correct answer is 'Precipitation'.
Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

Sirocco wind rises from _________.

  1. The Mediterranean Sea

  2. The Thar Desert

  3. The Sahara Desert

  4. Southern France
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • Sirocco is a Mediterranean wind that comes from  the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa  and  Southern Europe especially during the summer season..
  • The Sirocco causes dusty dry conditions along the northern coast of Africa, storms in the Mediterranean Sea, and cool wet weather in Europe. 
  • The term Sirocco  is a name given to hot and subsequently humid southeast to southwest winds originating as hot, dry desert-air over Northern Africa, flowing northward into the southern Mediterranean basin.
Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

The _____ are hot, dry and dusty winds blowing over the southern Mediterranean regions of Europe.

  1. Sirocco

  2. Mistral

  3. Chinnook

  4. Harmattan

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

sirocco is a hot wind, often dusty or rainy, blowing South, from North Africa across the Mediterranean to southern Europe. mistral is a cold northwesterly wind usually strong, that blows through the southern France into the Mediterranean, mainly in winter.

Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

The Western Europe experiences ___________________.

  1. Oceanic climate

  2. mediterranean climate

  3. Continental Climate

  4. None of threse
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Oceanic climate

Western Europe has an Oceanic climate, far southern Europe has a Mediterranean climate, and eastern Europe is classified as having a Continental climate. The climate of western Europe is strongly conditioned by the Gulf Stream, which keeps mild air (for the latitude) over Northwestern Europe in the winter months, especially in Ireland, the UK and coastal Norway.

Parts of the central European plains have a hybrid oceanic/continental climate. Four seasons occur in most of Europe away from the Mediterranean. The coastal lowlands near and on the Mediterranean Sea, have more of a wet and dry season pattern, with winter the season of most rainfall, and summers a time of few rainy days.

Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

The Arctic type of climate in Europe is also called as ____________.

  1. The Tundra

  2. The Taiga

  3. Polar

  4. Temperate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Arctic type of climate is characterized by long, cold winters and short, cool summers. There is a large amount of variability in climate across the Arctic, but all regions experience extremes of solar radiation in both summer and winter. The Arctic type of climate in Europe is also called as Tundra because Tundra region has the same type of climate as Arctic. The northern part of the continents within the polar region is known as the Tundra region. Tundra regions are found in the northern and southern hemispheres between the ice-covered poles and the coniferous forests.

Multiple choice geography environmental regions mediterranean climatic region europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe

The Mistral are cold winds from north rushing down the _______________.

  1. River Rhone Valley

  2. River Nile Valley

  3. River Hudson

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

River rhone valley,

The Mistral, a cold dry north or northwest wind, which blows down through the Rhone Valley to the Mediterranean, and can reach speeds of ninety kilometers an hour. The Levant, a very humid east wind, which brings moisture from the eastern Mediterranean.

Multiple choice geography europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

The scandinavian countries are located in high latitudes. Parts of countries located in the same latitudes freeze during winter, but the ports located on the Norwegian coast do not freeze.
This is the mainly due to the fact that _________.

  1. Many small livers drain to the sea

  2. There is a chain of volcanoes

  3. The North Atlantic Drift flows past the coast

  4. The Westerlies blow from the South West
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The North Atlantic Drift is a warm ocean current that brings relatively warm water to the Norwegian coast. This prevents the ports from freezing even at high latitudes where other regions experience ice.

Multiple choice evs - i our earth and our solar system solar system and sun planets and stars planets sunita's experience in space space exploration

Polar ice caps of the planet mars are due to the:

  1. solidified carbon dioxide

  2. volcanoes erupted near the poles

  3. cover of dust particles that reflects light

  4. solidified water
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A Correct answer
Explanation

During the winter freezing time the polar region are covered by caps which is of water, and carbon dioxide. They appear white.

Multiple choice evs super senses sleeping time animal senses sense organs in animals

Hibernation is also called as

  1. Winter sleep

  2. Summer sleep

  3. Autumn sleep

  4. None of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Aestivation is the summer sleep and hibernation is the winter sleep. They are taken so as to avoid the harsh temperature. It is a dormant phase where the metabolic rate is lowered. For example, Polar bears hibernate and crocodiles aestivate.

So, the correct option is 'Winter sleep'.

Multiple choice evs super senses sleeping time animal senses sense organs in animals

Which of the following is called as aestivation?

  1. Sleeping in winters

  2. Sleeping in summer

  3. Sleeping in Autumn

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

Aestivation is a state of prolonged sleep during summer, exhibited by certain animals in response to high temperature and arid conditions. Example - frogs and toads, bees, salamander etc.

Multiple choice zoology microbes in human welfare biofertilizers microbes as biocontrol agents and biofertilizers manuring

During rainy seasons, the ground becomes slippery due to dense growth of

  1. Lichens

  2. Bacteria

  3. Green algae

  4. Cyanobacteria
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Blue green algae or cyanobacteria synthesize a gelatinous mass around themselves, enclosing multiple filaments. This causes the surface area on which they thrive to be slippery

So, the correct answer is 'cyanobacteria'