Water cycle and related terms - class-IX
Description: water cycle and related terms | |
Number of Questions: 64 | |
Created by: Vijay Palan | |
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Relative humidity is measure in terms of ________________.
The process by which the condensed water from the clouds falls through the atmosphere and reaches the earth's surface as rainfall or snowfall is called _____________.
Precipitation means __________________.
Find the odd one out.
Plants lose water to the air through _____.
The North Star is a part of the constellation ____________.
Precipitation and groundwater are sources of _________.
Rain gauge is used to measure the amount of rainfall and it should be placed in an open space so that ___________________.
The place receiving the highest amount of rainfall in the world is _________________.
Absolute humidity is the ____________ amount of water vapor present in the air.
Convectional rainfall usually occurs in __________.
A rainbow is caused by _____________.
Sublimation is _________________.
The water molecule absorb energy from surroundings, this energy is called as ______________.
Absolute Humidity is the ___________.
Condensation is the phenomenon of
Determining factors for humidity in the air is, ____________.
Relative Humidity is more important from Absolute Humidity because __________________.
The _____________ plays a very important role in heating and cooling the atmosphere.
These are the droplets of water deposited on any cool surface by condensation of water vapour in atmosphere.
What is the degree of saturation?
Relief Rainfall is also known as __________.
The degree of saturation varies between __________.
Condensed water vapour falls back to the Earth in various forms. This process is called as _______.
The ratio of partial pressure of water vapour in a mixture to the saturation pressure of water at the same temperature of the mixture is called as _________.
Deposition of moisture from the atmosphere on the earth's surface is called __________.
It is an opaque cloud in the ground surface layers of the atmosphere.
Visible mass of tiny droplets of water high above the grounds are _________.
Vertical air currents, forms solid ice as _________.
Hygrometer is the instrument used to measure _________.
Rainfall due to cyclones and depressions is ___________.
Dew is formed when ____________________.
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Find the odd one out and give explanation of your choice.
Most villages in India draw water from ______ and ______.
Water is required for ______ processes.
The primary mechanism for transporting water from the atmosphere to the surface of the earth is ______.
When living things give off water into the atmosphere through their breathing process, it is called ______.
In a _____ situation, the crops will wither.
What is snowfall?
What percentage of earth's surface is full of water?
What are the major forms of precipitation?
When the temperature in the atmosphere falls below the freezing point, water vapour directly turns into snowflakes. This process is known as
What is precipitation?
What is condensation?
Which rainfall is also known as the relief rainfall?
In orographic rainfall, the leeward side of the mountain gets heavy rainfall.
When the condensation or solidification of the water vapor in the atmosphere occurs near the earth's surface, then what we can see?
When the concentric layer are formed in a hail?
How hailstones are formed?
Because of hail, crops may get destroyed and loss of life and property may also occur. What type of precipitation is this?
Why hail do not occur in cold zones?
Rain shadow area is associated with which type of rainfall?
What is cyclone?
Why in equatorial areas, the surface get heated?
The Wind which descends on the Leeward Side is heated adiabatically and is called ____________.
Which o the following is mainly responsible for the orographic rainfall occurs?
The capacity of the air to hold water vapour _______.
Water on Earth comes mainly from which of the following?
The process by which water continually changes its form and circulates between oceans, atmosphere and land _____________.
Acid precipitation is now regarded as a serious problem in some European and Asian countries. Its major cause or source is __________________.
Cloud, snow, sleet and hail are the forms of __________.
When water particles condenses on air and dust, it forms __________.