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GRADE:4

REVISION PAPER FOR TERM -I ASSESSMENT

Answer the Following

1. What is weather?

Ans: Weather is a temporary condition of the atmosphere.

2. Name three things that cause the weather to change.

Ans: Heat produced by sun, moisture, type of precipitation and the movement
of air or wind.

3. Give an example of precipitation.

Ans: Rain, snow or hail that falls on the ground

4. What is climate?

Ans: Climate describes the typical weather conditions in an entire region for a
long time (30 years more).

5. Why do the region around the equator have the warmest climate?

Ans: The amount of solar energy is greater at the equator.

6.Name five types of climate.

Ans: Tropical, dry, mild, cold and polar.

7. Which temperature scale is used in the UAE?

Ans: Degree Celsius scale.

8.What are latitudes?

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Ans. Imaginary lines around the earth

9.What is the equator?

Ans: Equator is an imaginary line around the planet earth, a midpoint

between north pole and south pole and is given ‘0’degree latitude.

10.How many hemispheres in the planet earth?

Ans: Two

11.Which are the two hemispheres?

Ans: Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

12.. What is the name of the northern polar region?

Ans: Arctic Circle

13.What is the name of the southern polar region?

Ans. Antarctic Circle.

14. Which climate zone is between the Tropic of Cancer and of Tropic of
Capricorn?

Ans: Tropical zone or the tropics

15. What is the average temperature in the subtropics?

Ans: Between 20 and 35 degrees Celsius.

16. What are the four seasons in the temperate climate zone?

Ans: Spring, summer, fall (autumn) and Winter.

17.What are the climate zones in the farthest north and south points of the
earth?

Ans: The polar and the subpolar zones are the farthest north and south points
of the earth

Fill in the blanks

1.A temporary condition of the atmosphere is called ----------------------

Ans: Weather
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2. Air that surrounds us---------------------------

Ans: Atmosphere.

3.Air movement in the atmosphere ----------------------

Ans: Wind

4. Water that falls on the ground----------------------------

Ans: Rain

6. Weather conditions in a region for a long period of time

-------------------------Ans: Climate

7. Northern polar region is called_______________.

Ans: Arctic circle

8. Southern polar region is called_______________________.

Ans: Antarctic circle

9.The equator is an imaginary line around the planet earth and

_____________.

Ans: Midway between the two poles.

10.What is the temperature when Fahrenheit and Celsius degree are equal?

Ans: - 40 degree