Climatic Control


 
 
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Climatic Control

Clouds: When small drops of water condense around dust or smoke particles in the air, clouds are formed. Clouds are of various types, such as cirrus (feather white), cumulus (white or grey), nimbus (dark and full of water) and stratus (thin white sheets). In winters, when moist air comes in contact with the cold ground surface, water vapour changes into water and rest as dew drops on the leaves and grass.

Fog and Mist: During winter months, the present in the atmosphere condense particles present in the atmosphere and mist. This normally occurs in morning and reduces visibility.

Frost: During cold weather, when temperature falls below freezing point, the water vapour converts into ice crystals and covers the grass and plants.        

Precipitation:

·   Clouds have millions of tiny water droplets. When these droplets of water join together, they grow in size and are unable to float in the air.

·   Then they fall on the earth’s surface as raindrops. This process is called precipitation. Rain, snow, sleet and hailstones are the various forms of precipitation. Rain is the most important form of precipitation. Most of the groundwater comes from rain. Rainfall is very important for the survival of plants and animals as it brings fresh water to us.

·    If rain water is not enough, then drought and famine may hit us and if it is too much, floods may wreck our lives. Rainfall is of three types.

1. Conventional rainfall: When air comes in contact with the earth’s hot surface, it gets heated and rises up in the form of an air current. When cool air comes in to take the place of hot air, convectional air currents are formed.

·   In the upper layers of the atmosphere, this warm air cools down. Condensation occurs and clouds are formed. These clouds produce sudden and heavy rainfall.

2. Relief Rainfall: This occurs when a mountain lies in the path of moist wind. It is else called orographic rainfall as it is caused by the orography of the land.

3. Cyclonic rainfall: In a cyclone, when warm and cold air from opposite directions meet, a zone of separation called fronts, forms at the place where they met. Warm air being lighter rises obliquely over the heavy cold air. As it rises, it cools down, condenses and causes rainfall along the path of the cyclone. this type of rainfall is also called frontal rainfall.

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Question : 1

Tropical cyclones of the West Indies are __________________

Right Option : B
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Question : 2

Name the regions of  Jammu and Kashmir which are very cold 

Right Option : B
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Question : 3

In general, temperature falls by 6.5 C for every _______________ ascent.

Right Option : D
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