Class –VII GEOGRAPHY

Air

Answer1: A huge blanket of air by which our earth is surrounded is called atmosphere. The
atmosphere have following layers:
(a) Troposphere
(b)Stratosphere
(c) Mesosphere
(d) Thermosphere
(e) Exosphere
Out of these atmospheric layers, Troposphere is the most important layer of the
atmosphere, which directly support life on this planet.

Our Atmosphere and its Layers

(ii) (a) Nitrogen. (b) Oxygen.

(iii) Carbon dioxide.
(iv) Weather is hour-to-hour, day to day conditions of the atmosphere.
(v) (i) The convectional rainfall. (ii)The orographic rainfall. and (iii)The cyclonic rainfall.
(vi) Air pressure is defined as the pressure exerted by the weight of air on the earth's
surface.

Answer2:
(i) (c) Ozone
(ii) (a) Troposphere
(iii) (b) Stratosphere

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 (iv) (b) Decreases
(v) (b) Rain

Answer3:
1 Trades winds (c) Permanent wind
2 Loo (d) Local wind
3 Mansoon (a) Seasonal
4 Wind (b) Horizental movement of air

Answer4: Because sun rays fall vertical on the equator while slanting on the poles.

Answer5: Because on a humid day, there is more water in air than a sunny day. So, air can
soak less water from wet clothes i.e., rate of evaporation decreases.

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