WEATHER,CLIMATE AND
ANIMAL ADAPTATION
CLASS 7 SCIENCE
WEATHER
• WEATHER CAN BE DEFINED AS THE CONDITION OF THE
ATMOSPHERE AT A PARTICULAR PLACE AT A GIVEN TIME.
• ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS RAINFALL,WIND,HUMIDITY
AND TEMPERATURE KEEP CHANGING ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
THESE CONDITIONS DETERMINE THE WEATHER OF A PLACE.
• THE CLOTHES WE WEAR, THE FOOD WE EAT OR THE PLACE
WHERE WE GO FOR A VACATION,ETC.,ARE AFFECTED BY THE
WEATHER OF A PLACE AT A GIVEN TIME.
ELEMENTS OF WEATHER
• TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, WIND AND
HUMIDITY ARE THE ELEMENTS OF WEATHER.
A CHANGE IN ANY OF THESE ELEMENTS
LEADS TO A CHANGE IN WEATHER.
TEMPERATURE
• THE TEMPERATURE OF A DAY IS MEASURED USING A SPECIAL
THERMOMETER CALLED MAXIMUM-MINIMUM THERMOMETER.
• MORNINGS ARE GENERALLY COOL. THE TEMPERATURE KEEPS
INCREASING GRADUALLY DUE TO THE HEAT OF THE SUN.
• AFTERNOON IS THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE DAY.
• AS THE SUN SETS, IT BECOMES COOLER IN THE [Link] THE
TIME IT IS NIGHT, THE WEATHER MOSTLY BECOMES PLEASANT.
• THUS, THE TEMPERATURE IS MINIMUM DURING EARLY MORNING,
WHILE IT IS AMXIMIUM IN THE NOON.
FUN FACTS
• ON 19TH MAY 2016, A PLACE CALLED
PHALODI IN THE STATE OF
RAJASTHAN RECORDED A
TEMPERATURE OF 510 C IN SUMMER.
HUMIDITY
• HUMIDITY IS THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOUR PRESENT
IN THE AIR.
• THE AIR IN THE PLAINS IS LESS HUMID AS COMPARED TO
THE AIR IN COASTAL AREAS.
• DURING THE RAINY SEASON, THE LEVEL OF HUMIDITY
INCREASES IN THE PLAINS AS WELL.