SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The average weather in an area. The average temperature in a region. The typical wind conditions that may occur. These three statements all describe?
A
Weather
B
Physical Maps
C
Climate
D
Landforms
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Climate is the average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area. The climate of a region is determined by two main factors: temperature and precipitation. The same factors that affect climate regions also affect small areas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Weather is the combination of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, visibility, and wind. In popular usage, climate represents the synthesis of weather; more formally, it is the weather of a locality averaged over some period (usually 30 years), plus statistics of weather extremes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Climate change describes a change in the average conditions-such as temperature and rainfall-in a region over a long period of time. NASA scientists have observed Earth’s surface is warming, and many of the warmest years on record have happened in the past 20 years.

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