Weather and Climate
Unit 1
Chapter 1
2. Why does the warm airmass have the copacity to hold more water-vapour?
3. What is climate?
4. What is troposphere?
5. What are the principal elements of weather and climate?
6. How does the changer in atmosphere pressure take place?
7. What are the two reasons owing to which the atmosphere pressure varies?
8. Describe in brief, are temperature.
9. What do you mean by absolute homidity?
10. What do you mean by relative homidity?
11. What are the permanent pressure belts that arises owing to the pressure variation on the surface of the earth?
12. How many types of winds are there?What are they?
13. What is latitudinal rain?
14 .What do you mean by forest rain?
15. What is maritime climate?
16. What do you men by continental climate?
17. Give a difference between the warm ocean currents and the cold oceaN currents.
18. Mention the difference between the winds the polar regions.
19. Write in brief about vegetation?
20. What are the two characteristics of the equatorial climate?
21. Where does the equatorial climate prevail?
22. Name the place that fall under the equatorial climate.
23. Wheredoes the monsoon climate prevail?
24. Name the places that emjoy the monsoon climate.
25. Name the places that enjoy the Savanna climate.
26. Desribe the, in brief hot desert climate.
27. Name the deserts that are near the Tropic of Cancer.
28. Name the deserts that are near the Tropic of Capricom.
29. Why does the rain occur little in the tropical deserts?
30. Where does the temperate desert climate pravail?
31. Give on brief description of the climate conditions prevail in the regions that come under the temperate desert climate.
32. Where does the Mediterranean climate prevail?
33. What is the climate in the regions that fall under the Mediterranean climate?
34. What are the vegetations found in the regions under the Mediterranean climate?
35. Where does the temperate humid climate prevalent?
36.What is the climate condition in the regions under the temperate climate?
37. What aer the famous temperate grasslands that develop under the influence of the temperate grassland climate?
38. What places enjoy the temperate maritime climate?
39. Why does the temerate maritime climatwe also called the west coastal climate?
40. Where does humid east-coast climate find?
41. Name the place the experience humid east-coast climate.
42. Where does the sub-polar climate experiece?
43. Why does the condensation of water vapour more in hot air?
44.Why does the condensation of water vapuor more in hot air?
45. Short notes
{a} Air temperature {b} Humidity
{C} Wind {d} precipitations
{e} latitude {f} Peressure belts
{g} Types of rainfall
{h} Monsoon cliate
{i} Effect of latitudes on climate
{j} Effect of ltitudes on climate
{k} Savanna climate.
{l} Tundra climate.
{m}Mediterranean climate or Tundra
46. Mention the name of two contries located in equatorial region.
47. “The distribution of temperature is not equal on earth surface” Give reasons.
48. Name two lakes of the U.S.A.
49. Name two famous grass lond which are situated in Temperate grass land region.
50. What is meant by horizontal distribution of the temperature?
51. What are the elements of atmosphere?
52. What are the specialities of the climate of Mediterranean region?
53. Disitinguish between weather and climate.
C. essay Type Questions : Marks : 4/5
1. What do you mea ‘weather’ and ‘climate’? Distinguish between weather and climate .
2. Mention the elemets of weather and climate.
3. State the elements of weather and climate.
4. Explain the relationships among temperature, pressure and humidity.
5. How are the variations in atmospheric pressure caused?
6. What is precipitation? Name the different types of precipitation.
7. Mention the factors affecting weather and climate.
8. Explain with examples the factors of weather and climate.
9. What are the types of cl;imate?
10. State the various types of climate with suitable dia gram.
11. Dreaw a diagram of the barometer of your school and label its different parts. Collect the barometer readings on the atmospheric pressure for a week with the help of your teacher and draw a graph from the data so collected.
12. Record the weather reports and data from the radio or television for a week and compare these data with the next week’s data to find the changes in weather conditions.
13. What are different kinds of rainfall?Write notes on Latitudinal rainfall and forest rainfall.
14. Write the four major parts of wing.
15. What do you understand by Monsoon climate? Mention the names of three countries of the woed in which Monsoon climate prevails.
16. Write a short note about Monsoon climate.
Chapter : 1
People on the Earth
A. Very Short Type Questions : Mark :1
1. Find out the correct answer : 1
(i) When was human being born on the earth?+
(a) 5-6 lakh years ago
(b) 1-2 lakh years ago
(c) 50-60 lakh years ago
(d) 10-12 lakh years ago
(ii) Which is the largest religious group in terms of population?
(a) Islam (b) Hindu (c) Christian (d) Chinese Folk religion
(iii) In which continent did man appear/originate first?
(a) Asia (b) Africa (c) Europe (d) Oceania
(iv) With which racial group did the people of China belong?
(a) Caucasoid group
(b) Negroid group
(c) Mongoloid group
(d) Australoid group
(v) Where did the snow covered Bering Strait form?
(a) Siberia
(b) Alaska
(c) Between Siberia and Alaska
(d) None of these.
(vi) The world’s oldest religion is
(a) Hindu
(b) Islam
(c) Christianity
(d) Buddhism
(vii) Homo Sapiens became active and existed for about-
(a) 70,000 years ago
(b) 35,000 years ago
(c) 40,000 years ago
(d) 47,000 years ago
2. Fill in the blanks :
(i) All human beings biologically belong to a particular species called………………. .
(ii) According to the ………….. theory, it was during middle of the Pleistocene period, the human beings called Home Sapiens were born.
(iii) The group of human beings settled in hot regions of Africa was identifies as …………
(iv) The group of human beings settled in colder regions of Europe as………… .
(v) The group of human beings settled in some what colder regions of Central Asia as……………. .
(Vi) Most of the tribal groups in Assam belong to the …………. racial stock.
(vii) …….. . is the world’s oldest religion.
(Viii) The Christian riligion has to ……….. . major divsions.
(ix) The …… religion was founded in the desert region of the Middli east.
(x) Hinayana and Mahayana are the two major divisions of ……….
(xi) The main hold look of Buddhism is ………. .
Answer briefly :
1. What is Homo sapiens?
2. In how many group, are the human beings divided on the basis of their physical characteristics?
3. When did Homo sapiens born?
4. Name the group of human beings settled in hot regions of Africa.
5. Name the group of human deings settled in colder regions of Europe.
6. Name the group of human beings setted in somewhet colder regions of central Asia.
7. Where did the Negroid originally?
8. Who constitute the world’s largest human race?
9 Name the race the Nordic people belongs to?
10. Name the race the Semitic Hemitic people of Westerm Asia belongs to.
11. What is the skin colour of the Europeans belong to the Caucasoid race?
12. What is the skin colour of the Indians belong to Caucasoid race?
13. How is the nose of the Caucasoid race?
14. Who are the Neltic- Hemitics?
15. Who is Bantu?
16. Name the race when the Bushman and the Pygmy of westerm Africa belong to.
17. How is the nose of the people of the Negroid race?
18. Name the race where the Chinese and the Japanese belong to.
19. Where did human being finst appear?
20. When did the spread of human populatin take place from the tropical region of eastem Africa to different parts of the world?
21. Where did Bring strait form?
22. Name the racial group where the Indo- Aryan people living in Indian subcontinent belong.
23. Name the religion whose population is the highest.
24. What is the oldest religion of the world?
25. Where is the birth place of the Hindu religion?
26. Name the only religion which is named after the name of its birth place.
27 How old is Hindu religion?
28. Where do the Aryans and Dravidians living in India belong?
29. What is the main holy book of the Hindus?
When was the Christian religion founded?
30. When was the Christian religion founder?
31. Name the other division of Chrisitian religion apartt from Roman catholic.
32. What is the opulation of the Christian religion, according to 2006 estimated date?
33. What is the holy book of Christianity?
34. Who founded Islam religion founded?3
35. Where was the Islam religion founded?
36. Who founded Islam?
37. What is the Shia?
38. Name the world’s second largest religious group.
39. Name the holy book of the Islam religion.
40 . When was the Buddhist religion rounded?
41. Who founded Buddhism?
42. Name the other division of Buddhism, apart from Hinayana.
43. Where does about 40 crore people of china believe?
44. What is the holy book of Buddhism?
45. Name a country which is Protestant-dominated.
46. Name a country where a large number of Buddhism belong to Hinayana sect live.
47. Name the only state in India which is Islam dominant.
48. Name the only stare in India which is Islam dominat.
49. In which place of Africa we find Masai?
50. Which is the largest rewligious group in term of population?
51. What is the eye colour of the Negroid?
52. Where did the Caucasoid race orginally live?
B. Shot Type Question : Marks : 2/3
1. Define human geography.
2. Mention the major branches of human geography.
3. What do you mean by ‘human race’?
4. What is Homo sapiens?
5. What are the three groups under which the human beings have been divided?
6. Name the group of people who belong to the Caucasiod race.
7. Give the characteristics of people belong to the Caucasoid race.
8. Where does the people of the Negoid racial group largely live?
9. What are the sud-races of Negroid ?
10. What are the physical characteristics of Negroid racial groupp?
11. Where does the people of the Mongoloid racial group largely live?
12. Who belong to the Mongoloid racial group?
13. What is religion?
14. Name the principal religions of the world?
15. Name the other religions besides the principal ones.
16. Write brifly about the Hindu religion?
17. Write briefly about the Christian religion?
18. What are the two major divisions of Christianity?
19. Who founded Islam? What are the two major divisions of Islam?
20. Write briefly about Buddhism?
21. Who founded Buddhism? What are the two major divisions of Buddhism?
22. Write briefly about the distribution of the Christian people?
23. What are the Protestant dominted areas?
24. Name are the Islam dominatd regions.
25. Write briefly about the distribution of the Hindu?
26. Give a brief account of Assam in trms of riligions.
27. Write short note on:
(a) Man and Human Geography
(b) Human Race
(c) Negroid population group
(d) Religions Composition
(e) Buddhist Religion
(f) People of Christian religion in India
28. Mention the characteristics of the two major human race in the world.
29. Give a defintion of human Geography.
30. What is the most ancint religion of the world? Discuss it.
31. What are the three different types of Human race?
C. Essay types questions Marks : 4/5
1. What do you understand by ‘Human Race’? Write briefly. How the Anthropologist defined Human race?
2. What atre the physical features of the Mongoloids race. Discuss.
3. What are the physical features of the Caucasoids? Discuss.
4. What are the physical features of the Negroids? Discuss.
5. In which regions of the world human beings are evolved? Wriefly the migration and of prime racs of the world with the help of diagram.
6. Discuss the religions structure and distribution of the people of India.
7. Give a definition of “Human Geography” and mention its major branches.
8. Briefly write about the subject matter of Human Geography.
9. Write briefly the bases or criteria of division of human race.
10. Discuss in brif the origin of human and human race.
11. Divide man on the earth based on the physical characteristics like hair, nose face, height, skin, etc.
12. Mention the charatistics of the of the three major human races in the world.
13. Which regions of trhe world are considered first origion of man? With the help of sketch briefly write about the spread and distribution of major human races in the world.
14. Which regions of the world are cansidered first origion of man? With the help of sketch briefly write about the spread and distribution of major human races in the world.
14. What are the major religions? Discuss the salient characteristics and distribution of these religioous groups along with there population size.
15.Write in brief about religious composition and distriobution of population India.
16. Write briefly about the largest human race in the world.
17. Discuss the factors that impact the distroibutio of population.
18. Mention four major regions of the world.
