Rainfall and Its Types

Q.

1. What Is Difference Between Air And Wind

Q.

The air in motion is called:

Q. Orographic rainfall happens more on the side than on the side.

1. seaward
2. windward
3. leeward
4. landward

Q.

What is wind ?

Q. An air mass stretches for ____ kilometers, forming an entire block of hot or cold air.

1. 10-20
2. 20-30
3. 30-40
4. 40-50

Q. are lines that connect places on a map that receive the same amount of rainfall in a given period.

1. Isohyets
2. Isobars
3. Isotherms
4. Isotopes

Q. What occurs when cold and warm air meet?

1. Convectional rainfall
2. Cyclonic rainfall
3. Frontal rainfall
4. Relief rainfall

Q. The boundary where the air masses meet is called the ________.

1. back
2. side
3. middle
4. front

Q. From the given choices, choose the names of clouds.

1. Nimbostratus
2. Altocumulus
3. Cirrus
4. Stratus

Q. From the given choices, which are the different types of rainfall?

1. Convectional
2. Orographic
3. Conventional
4. Cyclonic

Q. The junction where hot and cold mass meet for cyclonic rainfall is called front.

1. False
2. True

Q. A body of air with a horizontal uniform level of temperatrure is called air mass.

1. True
2. False

Q. The different forms of condensation are frost, dew, fog, mist, and clouds.

1. True
2. False

Q. Convectional rainfall usually happens in .

1. polar regions
2. equatorial regions
3. oceanic regions
4. temperate regions

Q. The word orographic is associated with rivers.

1. False
2. True

Q. In , hot water rises up and cold water comes down to take its place, thus forming currents.

1. conduction
2. convection
3. condensation

Q. Isotherms are lines which are drawn by connecting places with the same temperature on a map.

1. True
2. False

Q. are lines that connect places on a map that receive the same amount of rainfall in a given period.

1. Isohyets
2. Isobars
3. Isotherms
4. Isotopes

Q. clouds appear throughout the sky at lower altitudes.

1. Stratus
2. Altocumulus
3. Cirrus