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NCERT Solutions for Chapter 4 Air Class 7 Geography

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NCERT Solutions for Chapter 4 Air Class 7 Geographyimage

1(i)

Answer the following questions.
(i) What is atmosphere?

Answer

The earth is surrounded by a huge blanket of air called atmosphere.
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1(ii)

Answer the following questions.
Which two gases make the bulk of the atmosphere?

Answer

Nitrogen and oxygen make the bulk of the atmosphere.
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1(iii)

Answer the following questions.
Which gas creates green house effect in the atmosphere?

Answer

Carbon dioxide creates the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere.
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1(iv)

Answer the following questions.
What is weather?

Answer

Weather is short-term state of the atmosphere whether it is hot or cold, wet or dry. It is the hour to hour, day to day condition of the atmosphere.

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1(v)

Answer the following questions.
Name three types of rainfall?

Answer

Three types of rainfall are:
(i) Convectional rainfall
(ii) Orographic rainfall
(iii) Cyclonic rainfall
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1(vi)

Answer the following questions.
What is air pressure?

Answer

The pressure exerted by the weight of air on the surface of the earth is called air pressure.
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2(i)

Tick the correct answer.
Which of the following gases protects us from harmful sun rays?
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Ozone

Answer

✓ (c) Ozone
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2(ii)

Tick the correct answer.
The most important layer of the atmosphere is
(a) Troposphere
(b) Thermosphere
(c) Mesosphere

Answer

✓ (a) Troposphere
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2(iii)

Tick the correct answer.
Which of the following layers of the atmosphere is free from clouds?
(a) Troposphere
(b) Stratosphere
(c) Mesosphere

Answer

✓ (b) Stratosphere
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2(iv)

Tick the correct answer.
As we go up the layers of the atmosphere, the pressure
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases
(c) Remains the same

Answer

✓ (b) Decreases
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2(v)

Tick the correct answer.
When precipitation comes down to the earth in the liquid form, it is called
(a) Cloud
(b) Rain
(c) Snow

Answer

✓ (b) Rain
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3

Match the following.

(i) Trade Winds

(a) Incoming solar energy

(ii) Loo

(b) Seasonal wind

(iii) Monsoon

(c) Horizontal movement of Air

(iv) Wind

(d) Layer of ozone gas

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(e) Permanent wind

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(f) Local wind

Answer

(i) Trade Winds

(e) Permanent wind

(ii) Loo

(f) Local wind

(iii) Monsoon

(b) Seasonal wind

(iv) Wind

(c) Horizontal movement of Air

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4(i)

Give reasons.
Wet clothes take longer time to dry on a humid day?

Answer

In humid day, the humidity is very high that is the level water vapour in atmosphere is high. Due to this, air is not able carry away more water vapour with it and thus the clothes take longer time to dry on a humid day.
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