Climate shorts 2 Flashcards
Every 2 to 5 years the cold Peruvian get replaced by another which is it ?
El Nino
What type of climate does India have ?
Monsoon
What is climate ?
Climate is the average weather observed over 30 years for a given area.
Which type of climate is found mainly in the south and South-East Asia ?
Monsoon
What place has a wide difference between day and night temperatures ?
In the Thar Desert the day temperature may rise to 50°C, and drop down to 15°C at night.
What place has hardly any difference between day and night temperatures ?
Andaman and Nicobar islands and Kerala.
During which months most parts of the India received rainfall ?
June to September
Which type of areas experience less contrasts in temperature conditions ?
Coastal areas
What is the originating point of North Easterly wind ?
The subtropical high-pressure belt of the northern hemisphere.
What is meant by Coriolis force ?
It is the apparent force caused by the earth’s rotation.
What do you mean by Jet stream ?
Jet stream are a narrow belt of high altitude westerly winds in the troposphere.
What is Inter Tropical Convergence Zone ?
/ ITCZ is a area of low pressure in equatorial latitudes.
/ This is where the equatorial latitudes are present
/ This zone moves north or south with the apparent movement of the Sun.
