Pressure belts and planetary winds - class-VII
Description: pressure belts and planetary winds | |
Number of Questions: 49 | |
Created by: Rani Rajan | |
Tags: social science atmosphere and climate insolation and atmospheric conditions weather and climate weather and climate india : climate, flora and fauna geography atmosphere pressure belts and winds air around us atmospheric pressure and winds winds |
Which of the following places is likely to get affected by a cyclone?
Assertion (A) : Westerlies are stronger in the northen Hemisphere than in the southern Hemisphere
Reason (R) : The nothern Hemisphere has more land area than the southern Hemisphere.
The horizontal movement of air is called ________.
Why do coastal areas experience less contrasts in temparature conditions?
Tropical cyclones cause rains on the _______.
An instrument which measures the force and velocity of winds is called ______________.
The instrument used for measuring air pressure is called __________________.
How do the pressure and temperature vary with height?
Equatorial low pressure belt exists between _________________.
'Horse Latitudes' is a geographical name of __________________.
State whether these sentences are true or false
The two Temperate Zones maintain a moderate climate.
Earth rotates from ______________.
The prevailing winds blowing from $30^\circ S$ and $30^\circ$ N towards the equator are termed as ______.
The wind flowing in the northern plains of India in summers is known as ________.
What is the percentage of wind eroded area in India?
In India, which coast receives rainfall from North East monsoon ________________.
The subtropical high pressure belt is often called _________ .
The monsoon winds are known as the seasonal winds.
Wind rose consists of ______ made up of _________ compass points.
What is Wind Rose?
Periodic wind blow during particular time of the _______ or __________.
Days without any wind are recorded as _______.
Wind is ________ movement of air.
The horizontal movement of the air is called ___________.
In which of the following the wind velocity is the highest?
The moist air cause winter rains in the north-western region of India are part of _______.
What is meant by planetary winds?
Planetary winds play a crucial role of transporting _____ across the world.
Winds are classified into _____ types.
Planetary winds are of three types including ______.
The local winds blow in the lower level of the _____.
What is the name of cold local winds that blow from the Alps?
Loo is an example of _____.
Which among the following is a cold local wind in the Andes region?
Which cold local wind blows in Pampas region of South America?
The local winds blow due to local variation in the temperature and pressure and influence a _____.
The instrument used to measure wind direction is called _____________.
Wind vane is also known as _____________.
Which of the following are ways to express wind speed?
Name the instrument used to measure the speed of wind.
Wind forms as a result of difference in _______.
Wind vane has a freely rotating arm which moves with the wind.
The speed of the wind is expressed in knots- one knot is equal to __________.
What are two basic wind measurements?
The arrow of wind vane points to the __________.
A self recording anemometer is known as _________.
In an Anemometer, when the cups rotate due to wind, their speed is recorded in a/an ________.
Anemometer consists of ____ cups attached to _____horizontal spokes that are mounted on a high vertical spindle.
State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Air moves from low pressure to high pressure.