What is not true about winds?
Wind motion is due to differential heating of different places on the earth's surface.
Direction and speed are two important aspects of winds.
During wind formation, air moves from low pressure areas to high pressure areas.
Wind's direction is influenced by the rotation of the earth
Why does a paper strip flies when air blow over it?
Because upward air pressure decreases
Because downward air pressure increases
Upward air pressure decreases than downward air pressure
Both (1) & (2)
Which is not a type of wind current on earth?
Trade winds
Polar easterlies
Westerlies
Monsoon winds
The envelope of air around the earth is known as:
Atmosphere
Stratosphere
Hydrosphere
Troposphere
Chances of storms are more in
winter
day
autumn
summer
Why air pressure decreases when air flows?
Because number of air molecules decrease
It becomes light
It rises up
All of these
Which of these is responsible for blowing of wind?
Unequal heating of earth
Air pressure
Climate
The pellets of frozen rain or ice falling in showers from clouds is called:
Mist
Hail
Fog
Rain
The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator is represented by:
Latitude
Parallels
Longitude
Grid
Why summer monsoon winds bring rainfall to India?
Because it carries moisture
It is sea breeze
It is a land breeze
