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Weather and Climate

Social Science · Kerala SSLC (Class 10) · English Medium · 20 questions and answers

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Q: What is weather?
A: Weather is the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere at a place with respect to temperature, pressure, wind, humidity and rainfall.
Q: What is climate?
A: Climate is the average condition of the atmosphere of a place taken over a long period of time (usually many years).
Q: What is the atmosphere?
A: The atmosphere is the layer of gases that surrounds the Earth and is held by its gravity.
Q: Name the layers of the atmosphere from bottom to top.
A: The layers are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere.
Q: In which layer of the atmosphere do all weather phenomena occur?
A: All weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere.

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