Lesson-5

THE CLIMATE OF INDIA

Learning Objectives
• Differentiate between climate and weather
• Identify the 3 main seasons in India
• Explain the factors that influence the seasons in India

Key words
❖ Atmosphere
❖ Breeze
❖ Humidity
❖ Moisture
❖ Drought
❖ Dust storms

Answer these questions.

1. What are the three main seasons in India?
i) Summer ii) monsoon iii)winter.

2. Why is the temperature low in hills?

Because the temperature falls with increase in height above the
sea level .

3. How are human activities causing a change in climate ?

 People have cleared forests and many trees have been cut to settle
down at some places. This has led to a change in temperature
conditions . Due to ‘Global Warming ‘ the climate of India is also
changing .

4. Why is the climate of Mumbai different from that of

Chennai?
Mumbai is located on the Konkan Coast. It gets heavy rainfall by
the monsoon winds blowing through the Arabian sea in the month
of June ,that is in the rainy season .But Chennai is situated on the
eastern coast .It gets rainfall in winter months ,when the monsoon
winds come back .Thus ,Mumbai gets rainfall in rainy season and
Chennai gets rainfall in winter season .

HOTS

1. Why do farmers depend on rain ?

2. How does climate change affect the environment?
3. Why do you think some parts of India experience a monsoon
season with heavy rainfall,while others have a more arid
climate with little rainfall? How do people in this areas adapt to
these different climate patterns?