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Q1.
Answer correctly.
- For which of the following professions is weather forecast the most useful?
- Nurse
- Chef
- Sailor
- Tailor
- Which of the following is not a term related to the weather?
- A rainy day
- A warm night
- An eventful day
- A cloudless day
- Which of the following is not an element of weather?
- Relief
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Sunshine
- _________ is a condition of the atmosphere at a particular place over a short period of time.
- Climate influences our economic activities. (True/False)
- predictions of weather are made by random observations and calculations. (True/False)
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- (c) Sailor
- (c) An eventful day
- (a) Relief
- Weather
- False
- True
Q2.
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- In a weather station, the shade temperature is recorded by using a _________________.
- Stevenson thermometer
- Stevenson thermograph
- Stevenson box
- Stevenson screen
- The normal pressure at sea level is _________________ mb.
- 1013
- 1031
- 1003
- 1030
- _________________ and _________________ are the commonly used liquids in a thermometer.
- The boiling point of water on a Fahrenheit scale is _________________ and on the Celsius scale is _________________.
- The speed of wind is measured in _________________.
- Relative humidity is expressed in _________________.
- An aneroid barometer does not have any liquid. (True/False)
- A hygrometer records atmospheric pressure. (True/False)
- Wind always blows from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure. (True/False)
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- (d) Stevenson screen
- (a) 1013
- Alcohol, Mercury
- 212°, 100°
- knots
- percentage
- True
- False
- False
Q3.
Answer correctly.
- Which of the following clouds cause drizzle?
- Cirrus
- Stratus
- Cumulus
- Nimbus
- The actual storm or rain clouds are known as ______________ clouds.
- cirrus
- cumulus
- stratus
- nimbus
- Countries that use the Beaufort Scale are China, Taiwan and India. (True/False)
- Isotherms join places of equal temperature above mean sea level. (True/False)
- Sir Francis Beaufort, an Irish British admiral and ______________ created the ______________ in 1805.
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- (b) Stratus
- (d) nimbus
- False
- True
- hydrographer, Beaufort Scale
Q4.
Picture Study
Observe the picture and answer the questions.
- Identify the form of precipitation shown in this picture.
- State the other types of precipitation.
- List the three types of rainfall.
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- rainfall.
- snow, sleet and hail.
- conventional, relief and cyclonic rainfall.
Q5.
Complete the table.
| Element of Weather | Measuring Instrument |
| Temperature | |
| Anemometer | |
| Wind direction | |
| Dry and wet bulb thermometer | |
| Rainfall |
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| Element of Weather | Measuring Instrument |
| Temperature | Thermometer |
| Wind Speed | Anemometer |
| Wind Direction | Wind Vane |
| Humidity | Dry and Wet bulb thermometer |
| Rainfall | Rain Gauge |






















































































