Weather and climate class 8

 Very short answer questions

1. Define weather.
The state of atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, humidity, air pressure, etc is known as weather.

2.What is meant by weather forecast?
Predicting the weather is known as weather forecast.

3. Define climate.
The average conditions of weather of a particular place throughout the year is called climate.

4. What is precipitation?
Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth.

5. Who is called meteorologist?
A person who studies the weather is called meteorologist.

6. List out the components of weather.
The components of weather are wind, temperature, cloudiness, humidity, air pressure, etc.


Short answer questions
1 Write the difference between weather and climate.
Weather

Weather refers to a short-term condition of the atmosphere.
It is not static but keeps changing from time to time. It cannot be generalised.
Study of weather is called meteorology.
It is the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere at a place.
For example, a rainy day describes weather.

Climate
Climate is the average weather conditions of a place over a long period of time.
Since climate refers to average conditions, it can be generalised.
Study of climate is called climatology.
It is the average weather condition at a specific place over a longer period of time.
For example, rainy season describes climate.



2. Which type of climate do you prefer to live in? Why? Give reasons.
I prefer to live in a moderate climate as it is nor so cold and neither too hot. Add your own answers.

3. Weather is variable condition of the atmosphere Justify the statement with example.
Weather is the condition of the variables of the atmosphere at any specific location for a small period of time.Weather is made up of numerous parameters, counting air temperature, atmospheric (barometric) pressure, humidity, precipitation, solar radiation and wind.Daily changes in the weather are because to winds and storms. Seasonal changes are due to the Earth rotating around the sun. So if the atmosphere changes then the weather also changes.
For eg : Delhi is cloudy in morning and sunny in afternoon.