Morning Star solutions for Total Geography [English] Class 9 ICSE chapter 15 - Humidity [Latest edition]

Define the following term:
Precipitation

Define the following term:
Evaporation

Define the following term:
Condensation

Define the following term:
Humidity

Define the following term:
Latent heat

What determines the amount of water vapour in the air?

How is relative humidity determined?

Name four chief forms of condensation.

Mention the different forms of precipitation.

What do you understand by ‘condensation nuclei’?

State the three types of rainfall.

What is cyclonic rainfall?

How does latitude affect evaporation?

Why is evaporation maximum in tropical deserts surrounded by seas?

State the factors favouring evaporation.

What is the instrument used for measuring humidity?

State the process of clouds formation. Name the types of clouds.

Name the regions which receive rainfall only in summer.

Name two regions of heavy rainfall.

Describe the three chief ways in which condensation occurs.

Give reasons for the following:
In Equatorial regions the sky often remains overcast with clouds.

Give reasons for the following:
Human comfort depends on humidity.

Give reasons for the following:
Condensation is the reverse process of evaporation.

Give reasons for the following:
Coasts receive more rainfall than the interior of the continents.

Give reasons for the following:
The windward sides of mountains receive more rainfall than the leeward sides.

Match the following:

Distinguish between Absolute Humidity and Relative Humidity.

With reference to condensation, define the following :
Process of condensation.

With reference to condensation, define the following :
Atmospheric conditions that favour condensation.

With reference to condensation, define the following :
Forms of Condensation.

Describe the process of evaporation together with factors that favour it.

Name the three types of rainfall. With the help of a diagram describe each type of rainfall.

Define precipitation. Write short notes on three forms of precipitation.

Make a brief survey of the world distribution of rainfall.