Social Studies
DAY 1: Refer to your notes on "Temperature Zones" and any other sources you may find to answer
the following questions:
1. Indra: "Oh it's so horribly sunny today!"
Surya: “At least it never gets too hot here in Bangalore. We can manage with this heat.”
In the above conversation, is Indra talking about weather or climate? What about Surya? Explain. (4)
2. What are the factors that influence climate?
3. Why don't coastal areas experience extreme heat or cold?
(2)
4. Why are there different temperature zones on earth?
(3)
5. Does the climate get hotter or cooler at higher altitudes? Why?
(2)
(5)
6. Identify the temperature zones indicated in the picture.
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Answers
Answer:
1.Indra is talking about the climate,whereas surya is telling that it never get hot in Bangalore it clearly meant the the climatic change.
2. Factors affecting climate.÷
distance from the sea.
ocean currents.
direction of prevailing winds.
shape of the land (known as 'relief' or 'topography')
distance from the equator.
the El Niño phenomenon.
3.The coastal areas experience less variation in temperature as compared to land. The reason is that the heating or cooling capacity of water is much less as compared to land. It means that water takes more time to get hot or cold then land.
4.You may already know about the relationship between temperature and pressure: When you pressurize air (or any gas), it gets hotter, and when you release the pressure on air it gets colder. ... It is this lower pressure at higher altitudes that causes the temperature to be colder on top of a mountain than at sea level.
6.Frigid zone
Temperate zone