Samacheer Kalvi 8th Social Science Weather and Climate Questions - 1

Question: 1

_____ is used to measure the humidity.

(A) Anemometer

(B) Hygrometer

(C) Barometer

(D) Thermometer

Question: 2

Earth's atmosphere contains about percentage of nitrogen and oxygen.

(A) 10% and 20%

(B) 21% and 0.97%

(C) 22% and 1%

(D) 78% to 21%

Question: 3

Which one of the following represents places with equal amount of rainfall

(A) Isohytes

(B) Isobar

(C) Isohel

(D) Isotherm

Question: 4

The earth receives energy from

(A) Heat

(B) Electromagnetic radiation

(C) Current

(D) Waves

Question: 5

_____ is generally defined as the average conditions of the weather of a place or a region.

(A) Atmosphere

(B) Sun

(C) Earth

(D) Climate

Question: 6

Isobar means _____

(A) Equal atmospheric pressure

(B) Equal rainfall

(C) Equal temperature

(D) Equal sunshine

Question: 7

Major element of weather and climate is _____

(A) Latitude

(B) Light

(C) Sound

(D) Temperature