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Terminology

Impenetrable : impossible to pass through
Precipitation : it is any form of moisture which falls on the earth e.g., – rain, snow
Decidous : shedding of leaves of the trees annually
Vegetation : plants that are found in a particular area
Veneration : great respect

Inside Story
Inside Story
g The day-to-day changes that take place in the atmosphere are known as weather.
g The Himalayan mountain ranges act as a climatic divide between the Indian subcontinent
and Central Asia.
g Since ocean’s water does not heat up or cool as quickly as the interior of the landmasses,
the difference between day and night temperatures of these places is small.
g The changes in temperature are extreme in the interior regions.
g The north-east monsoon winds blow over the Bay of Bengal and reach the Coromandel Coast.
g Local thunder-storms like Kalbaisakhi, calamity of Baisakhi, are also common in west Bengal
and Assam.
g The Bay of Bengal Branch strikes Andaman and Nicobar Island and the eastern parts of
Himalaya, but is deflected westwards over Ganga plains.
g As compared to many other countries of the world, India has only a small area in western
Rajasthan which is dry.
g The farmers of India wait for the summer monsoon rains anxiously standing in his parched
fields.
g Tropical deciduous forests are grown in the areas with annual rainfall of 70-200 cm.

A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. Parts of the country fall in ______________ and ______________ regions.
(a) tropical (b) temperate (c) both (a) & (b)
2. The average weather over many years is known as:
(a) climate (b) monsoon (c) season

3. India’s climate is affected by ______________ seasonal winds.
(a) three (b) two (c) five

4. The ______________ monsoon commonly known as winter monsoon.
(a) north-east (b) south-west (c) east-west
5. India has mountains to the north, which have an average height of about:

(a) 6,000 meters (b) 600 meters (c) 40,000 meters

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