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Weather, Climate and Adaptations

Description: Weather, Climate and Adaptations
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Which factor does not affect the weather of a place?

  1. Temperature

  2. Pressure

  3. Soil texture

  4. Wind

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Soil texture has no effect on weather of a place.

Which of the following is an appropriate definition of 'weather'?

  1. Changes in atmosphere over a year

  2. Conditions of atmosphere over a short period of time

  3. Conditions of atmosphere over many years

  4. Conditions of atmosphere during summer

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Weather - Condition of atmosphere over a short period of time is defined as weather.

  • Climate - Condition of atmosphere over relatively long period of time, say for 25 years is defined as climate.

Which element is used in the instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure?

  1. Mercury

  2. Argon

  3. Neon

  4. Helium

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A long glass tube filled with mercury and turned upside down into a container of mercury is called a barometer and it is used for measuring atmospheric pressure.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. The planet closest to the sun is much hotter than the planet farther away from it.

  2. Mercury is colder than Venus.

  3. Places closer to the equator are colder than the places closer to the poles.

  4. Mountains can change the flow or even stop the blowing wind.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Places closer to the equator are hotter than the places closer to the poles.

Which of the following elements of weather makes chips and biscuits moist, when kept in open?

  1. Sunlight

  2. Temperature

  3. Wind

  4. Humidity

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Humidity is the amount of water vapour (moisture) present in the air and is responsible for making chips and biscuits moist, when kept in open.

Animals of which of the following regions are nocturnal?

  1. Deserts

  2. Tropical rainforests

  3. Polar regions

  4. Both (1) and (2)

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Because of hot and dry climate in deserts, animals are nocturnal, i.e. active only during night.

Which instrument is used to measure rainfall?

  1. Barometer

  2. Rain gauge

  3. Hygrometer

  4. Anemometer

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Rain gauge is used to measure the amount of rainfall.
  • Anemometer is used to measure wind speed.
  • Hygrometer is used to measure humidity.
  • Barometer is used to measure atmospheric pressure.

High animal and plant biodiversity is a characteristic of

  1. polar regions

  2. tropical rainforests

  3. deserts

  4. all of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Tropical rain forests have high biodiversity due to hot, humid climate and high rainfall.

Which of the following is not an adaptation of desert plants?

  1. They have a waxy coating on leaves.

  2. Leaves are modified into spines.

  3. Photosynthesis occurs in the leaves.

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Photosynthesis occurs in stems of the desert plants. They increase in size and become spongy to carry out the process of photosynthesis.

The layer of fat under the skin of a polar bear acts as ______ for the body.

  1. filter

  2. insulator

  3. camouflage

  4. absorbent

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The layer of fat under the skin of a polar bear helps in insulation, i.e. for conserving the body heat.

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