[Mission 2022] QUIZ – 2022: INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ, 3 November 2021 – Geography

Solution: b)

• The location of the thermal equator is not identical to that of the geographic Equator. This is not due to the Level of insolation received in both hemispheres. They are virtually equal.
• What creates the difference is the distribution of land and water that causes changes in the way heat is distributed and transported across the planets.
• Land dominated areas will tend to have a large variation in temperature and a higher average temperature under the same conditions (as compared to a water dominated area).
• Thus, the thermal equator lies a bit north of the geographical equator.

Solution: b)

The earth receives almost all of its energy from the sun. The earth in turn radiates back to space the energy received from the sun. As a result, the earth neither warms up nor does it get cooled over a period of time.

Solution: d)

The mesosphere lies above the stratosphere, which extends up to a height of 80 km. In this layer, temperature starts decreasing with the increase in altitude and reaches up to minus 100°C at the height of 80 km.

The ionosphere is located between 80 and 400 km above the mesopause. It contains electrically charged particles known as ions, and hence, it is known as ionosphere. Temperature here starts increasing with height.

Solution: a)

Annual range of temperature is the difference between mean temperature of the warmest and the coldest months.

The places in the interior of continent do not experience moderating effects of sea. Hence these places have extreme temperature.

Annual precipitation is usually low in the interior areas.

Solution: d)

• The physiography or relief of India also affects the temperature, air pressure, direction and speed of wind and the amount and distribution of rainfall.