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Understanding Earth's Atmosphere for Class 7

This document provides an overview of key concepts related to the atmosphere and weather/climate. It asks questions about gases inhaled and exhaled, ozone and its purpose, and global warming. It then discusses why the atmosphere is needed, its composition and air circulation. The document outlines the structure of the atmosphere and factors affecting weather/climate like temperature, pressure, wind, humidity and rainfall. It describes different types of rainfall including convectional, orographic and cyclonic rainfall and their major characteristics.

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Understanding Earth's Atmosphere for Class 7

This document provides an overview of key concepts related to the atmosphere and weather/climate. It asks questions about gases inhaled and exhaled, ozone and its purpose, and global warming. It then discusses why the atmosphere is needed, its composition and air circulation. The document outlines the structure of the atmosphere and factors affecting weather/climate like temperature, pressure, wind, humidity and rainfall. It describes different types of rainfall including convectional, orographic and cyclonic rainfall and their major characteristics.

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LET’s ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS

FIRST
1.What Do We breathe in and breathe out ?
2.Can we see these gases ?
3. Why do we need oxygen and carbon dioxide?
4. What is ozone and its purpose?
5. What is Green house ? GH Effect?
5.What is Global Warming ?
Why do we need Atmosphere? Layer of gases
enveloping the atmosphere due to gravity.
Our earth is surrounded by a huge blanket of air
called atmosphere. All living beings on this earth
depend on the atmosphere for their survival. It
provides us the air we breathe and protects us from
the harmful effects of the sun’s rays. Without this
blanket of protection, we would be baked alive by the
heat of the sun during day and get frozen during
night. So it is this mass of air that has made the
temperature on the earth liveable.
Composition Of The ATMOSPHERE
Air Circulation(movement of air)
Structure Of Atmosphere
Weather and Climate
Factors Affecting Weather/Climate of a place
•The elements of weather and climate
are as follows:
•Temperature
•Pressure>Astronaut wear suits on moon
•Wind>Permanent/Seasonal/local
•Humidity>Rainfall
permanent seasonal local

Loo
Ex:
Monsoons Land
Breeze and
sea Breeze
Types of rainfall
• Convectional Rainfall – Major Characteristics
• The air on getting heated becomes light and rises in convection currents.
• As the air rises, it expands and drops the temperature and subsequently,
condensation takes place and cumulus clouds are formed.
• Heavy rainfall with lightning and thunder takes place which does not last
long.
• Such rain is usually in the summer or the hotter part of the day.
• This type of rainfall generally takes place in the equatorial regions and
internal parts of the continents, predominantly in the northern
hemisphere.
• Orographic Rainfall – Major Characteristics
• When the saturated air mass comes across a mountain, it is forced
to rise.
• The rising air expands, eventually, the temperature falls, and the
moisture gets condensed.
• The principal characteristic of this type of rain is that the windward
slopes get more rainfall.
• After giving rain on the windward side, when these winds reach the
other slope, they drop away, and their temperature increases. Then
their ability to take in moisture increases and hence, these leeward
slopes remain dry and rainless.
• The region situated on the leeward side is known as the rain-
shadow area
• Cyclonic Rainfall – Major Characteristics
• Cyclonic activity causes cyclonic rain and it occurs along the fronts
of the cyclone.
• When two masses of air of unlike density, temperature, and
humidity meet then it is formed.
• The layer that separates them is known as the front.
• A warm front and the cold front are the two parts of the front.
• At the warm front, the warm lighter wind increases slightly over the
heavier cold air.
• As the warm air rises, it cools, and the moisture present in it
condenses to form clouds
• This rain falls gradually for a few hours to a few days
RECAP/REVISION
• Practice Yourself
•Draw any two Weather instruments of
your choice and write about their
functioning

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