Question

Read the graphs figure a and b and answer the following questions. Locate the places on the map:

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1. Name the months of highest and lowest rainfall. What is the difference between the values of rainfall?
2. Name the months of the highest and the lowest temperatures.
3. Are the months of rainfall the same in both places? If not, why?
4. What could be the factors which influence the climate of these places?
5. What difference do you find between the graphs in figure b) and figure a)?
6. Write a concluding statement about the climate of both places?

Answer 1

1. In Mangaluru highest rainfall month is July with around 1143 mm rainfall and the lowest rainfall was found in the month of January which is the driest month. Thus, the difference between the values of rainfall is 1143 mm. In Cairns, the highest rainfall is 486 mm in the month of February and the least amount of rainfall occurs in August around 37 mm. Thus, the difference between the values of rainfall is 449 mm.
2. The highest and Lowest temperature in Mangaluru is in April around 32.4°C and in January with 21.6°C respectively. Highest and lowest temperature in Cairns is in January at around 27.5° C and July being the coldest month 16.4°C respectively.
3. No, the months of rainfall are not the same in both places. It rains in Mangaluru from May to November whereas, in Cairns rainfall is observed in the months from November to May.
4. The major factor which influences the climate of Mangaluru and Cairo is that Mangaluru lies in the Northern hemispheres and Cairns in the Southern hemispheres.
5. There is variation in rainfall and temperature graphs of Mangaluru and Cairo as these lie in different hemispheres while the graphs of figure b) represent the same temperature and rainfall throughout the year at Belem and Singapore. Both lie in the equatorial region, so not much variation is observed.
6. The climate of Mangaluru and Cairo is tropical. There is significant rainfall in most of the months of the year with a short dry season. In Mangaluru, January is the driest month with 00 mm. of precipitation. Most of the precipitation is in July. While, in Cairo, the least amount of rainfall occurs in August. In February, precipitation is the highest.