atmosphere & climatology section 6 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6

Landmasses are heated and cooled much faster than water bodies. Identify the true statements in this regard.

1. The land gets heated by conduction
2. Water has a higher specific heat
3. Only the surface layers of water are heated
4. Water gets heated by convection

a) 2 and 3

b) 1, 2 and 3

c) 1, 2 and 4

d) 1 and 4

Question : 7

Which region of the Earth’s surface is called doldrums?

a) Sub-tropical high pressure belt

b) Equatorial low pressure belt

c) Sub-polar low pressure belt

d) Between 10° to 23.5° North and South Latitudes

Question : 8

Although hot deserts have a very low annual rainfall, occasional heavy rain storms do occur and these sometimes produce steep-sided, flat-floored valleys called

a) wadi

b) gorges

c) barchan

d) canyons

Question : 9

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of increasing the velocity of wind?

a) Fresh breeze-Light breeze-Hurricane-Gale

b) Light breeze-Fresh breeze-Gale-Hurricane

c) Hurricane-Light breeze-Gale-Fresh breeze

d) Light breeze-Gale-Fresh breeze-Hurricane

Question : 10

Consider the following statements:

1. The approach of a cyclone is characterised by a rise in barometric reading.
2. In the cyclones of the southern hemisphere, the winds circulate in an anticlockwise direction.

a) 2 only

b) 1 only

c) Neither 1 nor 2

d) Both1 and 2