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Climatic Regions and Climate Change
Social Science · Kerala SSLC (Class 10) · English Medium · 46 questions and answers
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- Q: What is a climatic region?
- A: A climatic region is a large area of the Earth's surface that has broadly similar climatic conditions of temperature and rainfall.
- Q: What is climate change?
- A: The UN defines climate change as a long-term shift in weather patterns and temperatures, caused by human activity or natural variability. It may be natural or anthropogenic.
- Q: What is global warming?
- A: Global warming is the gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere, mainly due to the increase of greenhouse gases.
- Q: What is the greenhouse effect?
- A: The greenhouse effect is the process by which certain gases in the atmosphere trap the heat radiated by the Earth and keep the planet warm.
- Q: Name the main greenhouse gases.
- A: The main greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapour and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
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