Class 7 Social Science — Chapter 2: Understanding the Weather

What you'll learn

• ▸Definition of Weather and the Troposphere
• ▸The Five Elements of Weather
• ▸Measuring Temperature
• ▸Measuring Precipitation
• ▸Meteorology and Weather Forecasting
• ▸Traditional Weather Prediction
• ▸Calculating Temperature Statistics

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- Understanding the Weather A change in the weather is sufficient to create the world and oneself anew. Marcel Proust, French novelist CHAPTER 2 NCERT published Fig. 2.1 The Big Questions 1. How can we measure and monitor the weather around us? 2. How do weather predictions help us prepare for events like heavy rain, storms, drought and heat waves? 0781CH02 --- PAGE 2 --- Weather and its Elements You wake up one winter morning and shiver. You reach for thick clothes to keep yourself warm. In the summer, you choose clothes that keep you cool and comfortable. You are responding to your body's signals; your body is sensing the weather. What is weather? Stratosphere Ozone Layer Tropopause Troposphere F…

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6. Which of the following is NOT listed as an element of weather in the chapter? Get Solution →
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8. What is the systematic study of weather and its evolution called? Get Solution →

Did you know?

• 💡 Venus has such a thick atmosphere that it's hotter than Mercury, even though it's farther from the sun.
• 💡 It can sometimes rain fish or frogs during intense thunderstorms, a phenomenon called 'animal rain'.
• 💡 The fastest wind ever recorded on Earth was 318 miles per hour in Oklahoma, USA.
• 💡 The coldest natural temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128.6°F in Antarctica.
• 💡 Ninety percent of Earth's atmosphere lies within just 10 miles of its surface.

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