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WIND STORMS AND CYCLONES MCQs

Total Questions : 56 | Page 6 of 6 pages
Question 51.


What happens to air when it is heated?


  1.     Contracts
  2.     Expands
  3.     Moves down
  4.     Movement ceases
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Expands
:
B

Air expands on heating. Hot air molecules have more kinetic energy, so they have more space between them than cool air molecules. Therefore, when we heat air, it expands to allow more space for the molecules. If air is cooled, it contracts because cool air molecules have less kinetic energy. 


Question 52.


Winds are generated due to ________ heating on the earth.


  1.     even
  2.     uneven
  3.     either even or uneven
  4.     intense
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> uneven
:
B

Wind is air in motion. It is produced by uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun. Since the earth's surface is made of land and water, it absorbs the sun's radiation unevenly. 


Question 53.


Which of the following is/are  methods to find the direction of wind at a given place?


  1.     By observing the direction in which the kite sways.
  2.     By observing the direction in which a flag flutters.
  3.     By freely suspending a N-S pole magnet
  4.     Throwing small pieces of paper and observing the direction in which it flows.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> By observing the direction in which a flag flutters.
:
A, B, and D

In the kite, flag and paper-piece experiment, the force which is responsible for the action is the pressure exerted by the wind. While considering the magnet example we can see that the force taken into consideration is magnetic in nature, hence this experiment cannot be used to determine the direction of wind.


Question 54.


What effect can be created by a low pressure region?


  1.     Earthquake
  2.     Lightning
  3.     Volcano
  4.     Cyclones
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Cyclones
:
D

cyclone is defined as a large volume of air mass that rotates around the centers of low pressure. This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the earth.


Question 55.


Which part of Earth gets maximum heat from the sunlight?


  1.     North pole
  2.     South pole
  3.     Equator
  4.     Tropic of Capricorn
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Equator
:
C

The parts near equator receive direct light from the Sun. So they are heated the most. The equator is an imaginary line drawn around the earth equidistant from both the poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.


Question 56.


Which of the following option correctly defines wind?


  1.     Humid air
  2.     Moving air
  3.     Cold air
  4.     Hot air
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Moving air
:
B

The perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction is called wind, in simple words moving air is defined as wind.


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