NIOS Class 12 Geography Chapter 9 Climate and Climate Change

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NIOS Class 12 Geography Chapter 9 Climate and Climate Change

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Climate and Climate Change

Chapter: 9

MODULE – 4: Dynamics of Atmosphere

INTEX QUESTIONS 9.1

1. Write true against the correct statement and write false against the wrong statement.

(i) Weather provides average atmospheric conditions of a particular area.

Ans: False.

(ii) Area located near  equator experience low temperature.

Ans: False.

(iii) Warm ocean currents increases the temperature of the coast.

Ans: True.

(iv) The lower the elevation higher is the temperature.

Ans: False.

INDEX QUESTIONS 9.2

1. Multiple choice questions:

(i) Koppen identified how many major climatic regions of the world: 

(a) 6

(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 7

Ans: (c) 5

(ii) Climate classification of Koppen is considered as:

(a) Applied.

(b) Empirical.

(c) Systematic.

(d) Generic.

Ans: (b) Empirical.

(iii) Greeks divided the world climate into how many thermal zones:

(a) 3

(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 6

Ans: (c) 5

(iv) Major climate group “C” refers to :

(a) Tropical hot and humid climate.

(b) Dry climate.

(c) Warm temperate climate.

(d) Polar.

Ans: (c) Warm temperate climate.

INTEX QUESTIONS 9.3 

1. Fill in the blanks 

(i)  ____ and ___ records prove that climate change is not a new phenomenon, instead it’s natural and continuous.

Ans: Geological records, Historical records.

(ii) _____ is the heating of the whole Earth’s air temperature over the past few centuries.

Ans: Global warming

(iii) Climate change is a _____ phenomenon. 

Ans: global.

(iv) The whole process of heating the atmosphere is called the ____ .

Ans: Greenhouse effect.

INTEX QUESTIONS 9.4 

1. Match the column:

Climate change	Impact
(i) Glaciers	(a) Severe Floods
(ii) Extreme weather event	(b) Affect farm productivity and food security
(iii) Flora and fauna	(c) Increase heat related mortality
(iv) Agriculture	(d) Recede or vanish
(v) Health	(e) Alter the timing of reproduction and migration

Ans: 

Climate Change	Impact
(i) Glaciers	(d) Recede or vanish
(ii) Extreme weather event	(a) Severe floods
(iii) Flora and fauna	(e) Alter the timing of reproduction and migration
(iv) Agriculture	(b) Affect farm productivity and food security
(v) Health	(c) Increase heat-related mortality

INTEX QUESTION 9.5 

1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words: 

(i) The main objective of____ to provide scientific and rational information to all the governments of the world so that they can develop climate policies. 

Ans: IPCC.

(ii) The Intergovernmental panel on climate change was created by the _____ and _____ .

Ans: UNEP and WMO.

(c) The Paris agreement designed to replace _____ .

Ans: Kyoto protocol.

(d) The _____ agreement limits global warming to less than 2% compared to pre industrial level.

Ans: Paris.