Atmosphere - Study Mode

[#71] The cauliflower shape is associated with which of the following cloud formations?
Correct Answer

(B) Cumulus

Explanation

Solution: When the top of the cloud begins to look like a head of cauliflower, it's called a cumulus congestus or a towering cumulus. The fluffy, cauliflower-shaped cumulus are one of the most common and distinctive types of cloud. All cumulus clouds develop as a result of convection.

[#72] Heat gain through insolation and heat loss through terrestrial radiation are equal approximately at which latitude?
Correct Answer

(B) 40° North and South

Explanation

Solution: At 40° North and South the heat gain through insolation approximately equal to the heat loss through terrestrial radiation.

[#73] Increase in carbon dioxide in atmosphere causes ________
Correct Answer

(A) Rise in earth temperature

Explanation

Solution: The carbon dioxide is released to the atmosphere where it remains for 100 to 200 years. This leads to an increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere (see above on the right hand side), which in turn causes the average temperature on Earth to raise.

[#74] Which one of the following is not a correct example of tropical cyclone?
Correct Answer

(D) Nor westers

Explanation

Solution: Violent thunderstorms in the Gangetic plains of India are locally known as Kal Baisakhi or Nor westers.

[#75] Which one among the following statements relating to an anticyclone is correct?
Correct Answer

(A) Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre

Explanation

Solution: An anticyclone is a system of winds that rotates around a center of high atmospheric pressure. Distinctive weather patterns tend to be associated with both cyclones and anticyclones.