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This document discusses weather, climate, and animal adaptations to climate. It defines weather as atmospheric conditions on a particular day and climate as average weather patterns over 25 years. Factors determining climate include latitude, altitude, distance from sea, winds, and human activities. Animals well-adapted to polar regions include polar bears, penguins, musk deer, and reindeer. Adaptations help animals survive in their habitats, like elephants using large ears as fans or toucans' long beaks reaching fruit. Climate changes gradually, while weather changes suddenly. Animals in polar regions have adaptations like blubber, streamlined bodies, and white/black coloring for warmth.

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Ans of L-7

This document discusses weather, climate, and animal adaptations to climate. It defines weather as atmospheric conditions on a particular day and climate as average weather patterns over 25 years. Factors determining climate include latitude, altitude, distance from sea, winds, and human activities. Animals well-adapted to polar regions include polar bears, penguins, musk deer, and reindeer. Adaptations help animals survive in their habitats, like elephants using large ears as fans or toucans' long beaks reaching fruit. Climate changes gradually, while weather changes suddenly. Animals in polar regions have adaptations like blubber, streamlined bodies, and white/black coloring for warmth.

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L-7 ANSWERS OF WEATHER, CLIMATE AND ADAPTATIONS OF ANIMALS TO CLIMATE

CLASS RESPONSE
A. Oral Questions:
1. What is meant by ‘climate?
Ans. The average weather pattern at a place taken over a long period of time (about 25
years) is called the climate of that place.
2. What are the factors which determine climate of a place?
Ans. The factors which determine the climate of a place are as follows:
i) Distance from the equator( latitude) ii) Altitude iii) Distance from the sea
iv) Winds v) Human activities
3. Name four animals which are well adapted to live in polar regions.
Ans. i) polar bear s ii) penguins iii) musk deer iv)reindeer
4. What is meant by weather?
Ans. The atmosphere conditions on a particular day,at a place with respect to
temperature, humidity, rainfall, speed and direction of wind , etc., is called the weather at
that place on that day.
WORKSHEET
B. Circle the odd ones. Give reasons for your choice:
1. Temperature pressure electricity wind speed -others are elements of weather.
2. Monkey leopard elephant polar bear --polar bear is found in polar regions
whereas others are found in tropical regions.
3. Polar bear tiger penguin reindeer- tiger lives in tropical regions whereas
others live in polar region.
4. Latitude altitude temperature wind-- temperature is a factor that determines
weather whereas others are factors determining climate.
EXERCISE:
C. Short answer type-1 Questions
1. i) climate of the Himalayan region—very cold climate.
ii) the thar desert --- very hot and dry climate
iii) Meghalaya --- Hot and humid climate
2. Migration is a process in which animals move in large numbers from one place to another
in one season (cold) and return again in a different season (warm) to escape harsh cold
conditions so as to survive.
3. The favourable characteristics (features and habits) which enable the living organisms to
survive and breed in their surroundings (habitat) is called adaptations.
4. When the temperature rises, the elephants flap their large ears and use them as fans to
cool themselves in the hot and humid climate of the rainforest.
5. Toucan has a long colourful beak which helps toucan to reach the fruit on such branches
which are too weak to support its weight or weight of any other animals.
6. Red eyed frog has sticky pads on its feet which help it climb easily on the tree trunk on
which it lives.
7. Lion tailed macaque lives in tropical rainforests whereas others lives in polar region.
D. Short answer type II Questions
1. a) Blubber under the thick skin keeps the body warm in extreme cold climate.
b) Streamlined body helps them in swimming.
c) white coloured body merges with the surroundings of ice and snow and black coloured
feathers absorb heat from the sun to keep their body warm during the day.
2. The daily weather report carries information about temperature, humidity and rainfall
during 24 hours. It also gives the timings of sunrise , sunset, moonrise and moonset and
predicts the weather for the day.
3. Relative humidity is the amount of water vapour present in the air. It is expressed as a
percentage of the maximum amount of water vapour the air can hold at that temperature
. It is measured with the help of hygrometer.
4. The regions far away from the equator are cooler because these regions do not get direct
sun rays but get slanting sun rays.
5. During summers , afternoons are hotter than mornings because the movement of the
earth is such that the sun rays fall directly during afternoon whereas in the early morning
sun rays are slanting.
E. Long answer questions
1.

S.NO WEATHER CLIMATE

1. It describes the atmospheric conditions It is the average weather


On a particular day, at a place with respect pattern of a place taken
to the temperature, humidity, rainfall , speed and over a long period of
direction of wind. time.
2. It is measured for a smaller region. It is measured for a larger
Region.
3. It changes suddenly a a place. It changes gradually and
Not suddenly.
2. The big and pointed teeth of elephants are called tusks. Tusks are modifies teeth of the
elephant . Elephants use the tusks to tear offs the bark of trees which they eat as food.
They also use the tusks for fighting with their enemies and protecting themselves.
3. Adaptations in camel to survive in desert region are:
WRITE FIVE POINTS ON YOUR OWN
4.a) The following adaptations in polar bears help them to adapt in polar regions:
WRITE FIVE POINTS ON YOUR OWN
F. HOTS
1. We will find an animal with small ears, tails, and legs in polar region. These are the
adaptations of animals to prevent heat loss from the body parts and conserve body heat.
2. Yes, it is correct. Expansion of cities and increasing urbanisation and industrialisation has
led to deforestation. Due to this there is an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide
which caused global warming.s

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