Question

CLIMATE
1. What is climate? What is weather?
2. What are the elements of weather and climate?
3. Define the term 'Monsoon'.
4. What does the term 'continentality' mean?
5. What is Carioles force?
6. What are Jet Streams?
7. What are Western Cyclonic disturbances?
8. What do you understand by ITCZ?
9. What is El Nino?
10. What do you mean by 'Burst of Monsoon'?
11. Why winters in India experience dry season?
12. What is 'Kaal Baisakhi'?
13. What are 'Mango Showers'?
14. Why does India have monsoon type of climate?
15. What is the coriolis force? Describe its effect briefly on the world climate?
16. What are western cyclonic disturbances?
17. What do you understand by 'October Heat?
18. What are the variations in precipitation in India?
19. What the major controls of the climate of the world?
20. State the chief characteristics of the hot weather season in India.
21. Give a brief account of how monsoon advance into India.
22. Why are the deltas of the Krishna, Kaveri and Godavari frequently struck by cyclones?
23. 'A relief feature has a major role in determining the climate of a place.' Support the
statement with examples.
24. Is it correct to say that India would have been an arid land wihout monsoon? Support
your answer with five arguments.
25. Which part of India experiences the highest durinal range of temperature and why?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1.Climate is the long term average of weather, typically averaged over a period of 30 years. Some of the meteorological variables that are commonly measured are temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, and precipitation.

2.

There are many elements that make up both the weather and climate of a geographical location. The most significant of these elements are temperature, atmospheric pressure wind, solar irradiance, humidity, precipitation, and topography.

3. The seasonal wind of Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southeast in summer and from the north east in winter.