ASSIGNMENT

CLASS -IX
CH. CLIMATE-IV
SUMMER SEASON- Do question number 1,2,3,4. Rest of the answers to be marked in the
book.
1. What is the influence of shifting of the heat belt on temperature recordings in
the month of March till May? State three points.
2. What are the important characteristic features of Hot Weather Season?
3. What is monsoon trough? When and where does this trough develop? / W hat
is the extension of monsoon trough?
4. Name three major local winds experienced during summer season, areas where
they blow and their important features.
5. What is Kaal Baisakh? State three points.
6. Explain the terms : (a) Loo (b) Kaal Baisakh (c) Mango showers

7. Why Rajasthan is the region with lowest pressure during May?

8. Why Hot dust-storm are quite common in Thar desert.
9. Name the local winds which are associated with the following:- (a) strong,gusty
dry and fatal
(b) thunderstorms associated with violent winds and torrential rains
(c) help in ripening of mangoes.
10. In which season we experience pre-monsoon showers? Give two features of pre
monsoon showers and give two examples of pre-monsoon showers.
11. State the benefits that are derived from the local winds that blow during
summer in the following states:-
i. Kerala
ii. West Bengal