influences the climatic conditions.
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Answer the following questions.
1. Name an element of weather.
2. Name a factor that affects the
climate of a region.
3. What is the relation of temperature
with the height of a place?
4. What is humidity?
Answers
Answer:
1. Name an element of weather.
Ans The elements of weather and climate are as follows:
Temperature.
Humidity.
Pressure.
Wind.
Precipitation.
Cloudiness.
Sunshine.
2. Name a factor that affects the climate of a region.
Ans The climate of a place is influenced by a host of interacting factors such as:
Latitude.
Elevation.
Ocean Currents.
Topography.
Vegetation.
Prevailing winds.
3. What is the relation of temperature with the height of a place?
Ans The temperature at sea level, under standard conditions, is taken to be 15 degrees C. As we go up or our altitude increases, temperature falls. The rate of decrease of temperature is 6.5 degrees C for each 1 km altitude change. This can also be written as 3.6 degree F for every 1000 ft increase in altitude.
4. What is humidity?
Ans Humid is used to describe air that is full of water vapor. Humid is most commonly applied to weather or the general climate of a place, especially when the temperature is hot. The noun form of humid is humidity