LOCAL WEATHER AND SKY KEY TERMS THAT YOU KNOW AIR: A gaseous mixture around the earth RAIN: Water drop form clouds DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE: The average obtained by dividing the total of the maximum and the minimum temperature of a day by 2 CONSTELLATION: Small clusters of stars in the sky Weather and Climate Weather may be define as the state of the atmosphere at a given place and time. It is…
Continue readingTHE ATMOSPHERE AND ITS TEMPERATURE TERMS YOU MUST KNOW Atmosphere: The Air envelope consisting of gases that surrounds the earth. Troposphere: Lowest layer of the atmosphere where all weather phenomena take place. Insolation: Incoming Solar radiation received at the surface of the earth. Temperature: The degree of hotness or coldness of the air is known as Temperature. Our earth is surrounded by a vast envelope of air known as the ATMOSPHERE. It is…
Continue readingMOTIONS OF THE EARTH TERMS THAT YOU MUST KNOW Rotation: The spinning of the earth on its axis completing one circle in about twenty four hours. Revolution: Motion of the earth around the sun completing one revolution in about 365 days and 6 hours. Tropic of Cancer: An imaginary circle on the earth’s surface in Northern Hemisphere at an angular distance of 23.5 degree from the equator. Tropic of Capricon: An imaginary circle on…
Continue readingLATITUDES AND LONGITUDES TERMS YOU MUST KNOW Latitude: Angular distance of a place from the equator. Longitude: Angular distance of a place from the Prime Meridian. Local Time: The time reckoned by the noon sun at a given place. Standard Time: The local time of the standard meridian of a country. Axis: An imaginary straight line joining the two poles on which the earth rotates. Poles: The two points on the earth through…
Continue readingOUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND EARTH TERMS THAT YOU MUST KNOW Star: A celestial body having its own heat and light. Planet: A celestial body which revolves round the sun and receives heat and light from it. Satellite: A celestial body which revolves round a planet just as a planet revolves round the sun. Celestial Bodies: the moon and millions of bright objects seen during the night that belong to the sky are called…
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