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CHAPTER 3: WINDS, STORMS AND CYCLONES

PROJECT BASED LEARNING
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CLASS: VII SECTION:
1. Chandigarh unlikely to be affected by a cyclone. Give reason.
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2. To expel hot air out of the kitchen, Anita has an exhaust fan fitted on the window of her kitchen and
Bina has a similar exhaust fan fitted on the wall near the ceiling of her kitchen. Which of the exhaust
fan will expel the hot air more effectively? Explain why.
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3. Suggest some precautions to be taken to prevent the roof made of tin sheet from flying away during a
fierce wind storm.
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4. A flag mounted on a flag post near the sea coast flutters in the direction of sea. At what time of the day
does this happen — at mid-night or in the afternoon?
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5. Figure shows a diagrammatic representation of trees in the afternoon along a sea coast. State on which
side is the sea, A or B? Give reasons for your choice.
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6. List the factor responsible for the development of a cyclone.

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7. Why does smoke always rises up?
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8. In the wind flow pattern, it can be found that the wind shown is not in the exact North-South direction.
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9. Paheli kept an empty bottle made of plastic inside a refrigerator. After few hours, when she opened the
refrigerator, she found the bottle had collapsed. Explain the possible reason.
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10. When strong/high speed wind blows, an umbrella held upright at times gets upturned. Explain the
reason.
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11. Tornado is different from a cyclone. Briefly explain Tornado and destructions does it cause.
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12. The advanced technologies issue the alerts and warnings of unexpected storm. Comment.
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13. Monsoon brings rain. Explain the formation of monsoon.
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14. Due to uneven heating of land and ocean water what happens in the following season?
(a) In winter season
(b) In summer season
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15. Rohan was very happy that there was his birthday. He was decorating the room by blowing balloons.
He was wondered that most of his balloons burst. He rushed to his father and asked the reason. His
father smiled and explained.
(a) Can you explain the region that why his balloons get burst?
(b) What can be conclude from the condition mentioned?
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16. How are the pressure difference created in nature?
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17. Describe the following terms briefly.
(a) Trade winds
(b) Westerlies
(c) Polar winds
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18. Suggest two methods to find out wind direction at a given place.
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19. Why are people advised not to stand near fast moving train?
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20. Take a soft plastic bottle. Fill it with hot water. Empty the bottle and immediately cap it tightly. Place
the bottle under running water. Shape of the bottle gets distorted. Explain why the bottle gets distorted?
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21. You want to buy a house. Would you like to buy a house having windows but no ventilators? Explain
your answer.
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22. How will you help your neighbours in case cyclone approaches your village/town?
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23. High speed winds are accompanied by reduced air pressure. Prove the statement with help of an
experiment.
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24. Explain with the help of an activity that an increase in the speed of air, results in the drop of pressure.
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25. Take a boiling tube. Stretch a balloon tightly over the neck of the tube. You can use a tape to make it
tight. Pour some hot water in a beaker. Insert the boiling tube with the balloon in the hot water.
Observe for 2–3 minutes for any change in shape of the balloon. Take the tube out, let it cool down to
the room temperature. Take some ice-cold water in another beaker and place the tube with the balloon
in cold water for 2–3 minutes. Observe the change in the shape of the balloon. Think and try to answer:
(a) What makes the balloon inflated when the boiling tube is placed in hot water?
(b) Why is the same balloon deflated when the tube is kept in cold water?
(c) Mention the inference from the first observation.
(d) State what happens to the air in the boiling tube when it cools down.
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26. Why is it advisable not to shut all the doors and windows during a storm?
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27. State two experiences that made you think that air exerts pressure (other than those given in the text).
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28. A flat in Mumbai with a balcony facing the sea has some clothes hung on a clothes line in the balcony.
Towards which direction, the clothes will be blown in the afternoon? Explain it.
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29. Describe an activity to demonstrate that warm air is lighter than cool air.
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30. State the importance of air pressure. Give reasons for air pressure.
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31. A cyclone is generated from a thunderstorm. How a thunderstorm becomes a cyclone? Explain.
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32. Advanced technology has helped people to save them from natural calamities like thunder storm and
cyclone. Explain how.
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33. The phenomenon of cloud formation, rain, storm and cyclone are interlinked. Give a flow chart that
explain this relation.

34. Multiple Choice Questions

1. A fire alarm usually detects smoke in case of fire. Where should such an alarm be placed in a room?
(a) Near the door (b) On the floor (c) On any wall (d) On the ceiling

2. Following are precautions, one must take in case a storm is accompanied by lightning.
(i) Do not take shelter under tree.
(ii) Do not take shelter under an umbrella with a metallic end.

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(iii) Do not take shelter in open garages, storage sheds, etc.

(iv) Do not take shelter in a bus in the open.
Which one of these is not correct?
(a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) (iv)

3. Four schematic diagrams are shown below to depict the direction of sea breeze. Which of them gives the
correct direction?

4. Figure shows a child blowing air with a straw near the opening of another straw which has its other end
in a soft drink bottle. It was observed that the level of the soft drink in the straw rises up as soon as air is
blown over its open end. Which one of the following best explains the reason for rise in level of the drink?
(a) Blowing of air decreases pressure over the opening of the straw
(b) The straw of the soft drink bottle collapses when air is blown over its
open end
(c) Blowing of air warms up the air inside the straw
(d) Blowing of air increases the pressure on the surface of soft drink in
the bottle
5. Increased wind speed is accompanied with
(a) increased air pressure (b) affected air pressure (c) reduced air pressure (d) lower humidity

6. A curtain is hanging at the entrance of a room. A long corridor runs at right angles to the door, that is
parallel to the curtain. If a strong wind blows along the corridor, the curtain will
(a) get pushed inside the room (b) get pushed outside the room
(c) get collected towards one end/ swirled (d) remain unaffected

35. Case study: Raju while going to school found his bicycle’s tyres to be little deflated. He went to a
cycle repairing shop and overfilled his bicycle tube. On seeing this, the shopkeeper advised him that this is
not good for his cycle tube. But Raju overlooked shopkeeper’s advice and went to his school. He kept his
cycle in the cycle stand. In afternoon when he came to take his cycle, he observed that its tyre has burst. He
got puzzled why his tyres burst though they were new.
(a) What is air pressure?
(b) What will happen if we use our bicycle with deflated tyres?
(c) Raju went to his school with overfilled tyre tubes but nothing happened to his tyres then. Why did it
burst when he was not riding and just kept it in cycle stand?
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