Question 1:
Name the elements that determine the weather of a place.
Answer:
The elements that determine the weather of a place are temperature, humidity, rainfall, and wind speed.
Question 2:
When are the maximum and minimum temperatures likely to occur during the day?
Answer:
The maximum temperature of the day occurs in the afternoon while the minimum temperature occurs early in the morning.
Question 3:
Fill in the blanks:
(i) The average weather taken over a long time is called __________.
(ii) A place receives very little rainfall and the temperature is high throughout the year, the climate of that place will be ________ and _________.
(iii) The two regions of the earth with extreme climatic conditions are_________ and __________.
Answer:
(i) The average weather taken over a long time is called __climate__.
(ii) A place receives very little rainfall and the temperature is high throughout the year, the climate of that place will be __hot__ and __dry__.
(iii) The two regions of the earth with extreme climatic conditions are _the polar region__ and _the tropical region__.