Amritsar lies in the northern plains but has extreme climate conditions. Summer temperature is about 43ºC and winter temperature falls down to 0ºC or lower. Why does a city lying in the plains plains experience such extreme temperatures?

Fill in the blanks.

1. The atmosphere is heated more by ____________ radiation than by insolation.
2. Heat is always transferred from a ____________ object to a object.
3. Advection is the transfer of heat from one region to another by the ____________ movement of winds.
4. Temperature decreases as we move away from the Equator, because of the ____________ of the Earth.
5. The presence of clouds during the day reduces ____________ reaching the Earth.

Write (T) for true and (F) for false.

1. The amount of solar energy received by the Earth is called insolation.
2. Earth absorbs all the solar radiation from the sun.
3. Temperature increases with height.
4. Advection is related to horizontal movement of air.
5. The Frigid Zone lies near the poles.

Differentiate between Radiation and Conduction.

Differentiate between Warm and Cold currents.