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meaning of precipitation
rain, snow, sleet
meaning of irrigation
watering crops
Places with higher humidity experience ______.
more precipitation
Explain how winds affect climate?
moisture/ raise temp./ lower temp
How altitude influences climate?
closer to plains- hotter......higher we go- cooler it is
How latitude influences climate?
closer to equator- hotter......
explain autumn equinox in the NH by drawing the position of the earth
23rd sept
TILT OF THE EARTH'S AXIS
23 1/2 degrees
Draw and explain winter in the NH
NH tilted away
spring equinox in the NH-explain
21st march/ neither poles are tilted towards the sun/ equal day and night/equator receives direct rays
2 effects of rotation of the Earth
day and night/ the sun the moon and the stars appear to rise in the east and set in the west
What is the IDL?/ degree?/importance?
International date Line/180/the calendar date changes
4 features of meridians
are semi circles/ run North to South/ meet at poles/are 360
4 features of parallels
run east to west/are at an equal distance/ decrease in size/ are comple circles
name the latitudes that lie in the NH
T .of cancer, Arctic Circle and the North Pole
challenges faced by hot desert region
global warming, over irrigation, over grazing, off road vehicles
Why does the temperature vary between day and night ?
no moisture-no clouds to block heat
4 features of a desert
rainfall less than 25 cms/ 10 inches, dry and arid land, sparse vegetation and extreme climate
name 3 deserts found in Asia
the Thar , the Arabian and the Iranian
location of the hot desert region
between 15 degrees to 30 degrees N S of the Equator
Why do we find luxuriant growth of vegetation in the EQ region?
....high temperature and heavy rainfall
Why is the humidity very high in the EQ region?
.....due to the presence of many water bodies and the forests
Climate of the Equatorial region is hot throughout the year. Why?
.....receives direct rays of the sun
The Amazon rainforest is found in ______.
South America
location of hot and wet equatorial region
10 degree to 15 degree N and S of the Equator
Why temperature changes with latitude?
places near equator receive the direct rays while those away get slanting rays
Tribals in the Equatorial region practise ____kind of cultivation.
shifting agriculture
2 human activities that pose challenge to desert regions
over irrigation / deforestation / over grazing
Name any 2 tribes found in the desert regions with their respective areas.
Bedouin in the Arabian desert/ the San in the Kalahari/ the Pintupi in the Australian desert
On which basis do we decide a place is a desert or not?
precipitation
name the tribes found in Malaysia and Indonesia
the Semangs , the Dayaks
name the 4 layers of the rainforest
the emergent layer, the canopy, the understorey and the forest floor
T/F- Places that are inland / interior of continents experience extreme climate.
T
extent of the Torrid Zone
from 23 1/2 degree north to 23 1/2 degree south of the equator OR from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn
Seasons are caused by____and____.
the revolution of the Earth and the tilt of the Earth's axis
Summer Solstice in the NH falls on______.
21st June
T/F- Meridians mark the distance of a place east or west of the Prime Meridian .
True
0 degree longitude
Prime Meridian
0 degree latitude
equator
line that is at 180 degree
International Date line
imaginary lines that run in an east-west direction
latitudes
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