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AMOSPHERE
THE COMPOSITION OF THE
STRUCTURE OF ATMOSPHERE
FACTORS EFFECTING
TEMPERATURE
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF
TEMPERATURE
INTRODUCTION
As we go
higher up the
temperature goes
on decreasing
.On climbing
every 166 meters
there is a fall of
1C in
temperature.
By IQBAL KAUR
DISTANCE FROM THE SEA
The places near the sea have moderate
temperature all year round.
SEA BREEZE
During day the air above the land
expands due to heat and rise up, cool air
from the sea blows towards land.
It cools land during day.
LAND BREEZE.
At night the land cools quickly. The air
above water expands and rises up, cool
air from land blows over sea
A cool breeze blowing from sea A cool breeze blowing from land
towards
Made by-land
IQBAL KAUR (S. S. towards sea during night
OCEANS CURRENT
• TORRID ZONE
• TEMPERATE ZONE
• FRIGID ZONE
TORRID ZONE
This zone lies
between 23ºNand
23ºS latitudes.
Here the sun’s
rays
are almost
vertical
all through the
year
because it
receives By-IQBAL KAUR
TEMPERATE ZONE
This zone lies
between 23ºN and
66ºN latitudes in the
northern hemisphere
and 23ºS and 66ºS
in the southern
hemisphere. In this
zone the amount of
heat received
decreases with an
increase in latitude.
This zone is
comfortable for live
in and work. By-IQBAL KAUR
FRIGID ZONE
This region lies
between 66ºN to north
pole and 66ºS to south
pole. Here the rays of
sun are always slanting
and thus the place is
always cold. We find
very few people living in
this zone. By-IQBAL KAUR
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• N.C.E.R.T. BOOKS