Weather, Climate and Adaptations of Animals to Climate

. The average weather pattern taken over a long time, say 25 years, is called the climate of the place.

There are special thermometers for full day range of temperature, called maximum and minimum thermometers. The maximum temperature of the day occurs generally in the afternoon while the minimum temperature occursgenerally in the early morning. Can you now understand why in summers we feel so miserable in the afternoon andcomparatively comfortable early in the morning?

All changes in the weather are caused by the sun. The sun is a huge sphere of hot gases at a very high temperature. The distance of the sun from us is very large. Even then the energy sent out by the sun is so huge that it is the source ofall heat and light …

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. The day to-day condition of the atmosphere at a place with respect to the temperature, humidity, rainfall, windspeed, etc., is called the weather at that place . The temperature, humidity, and other factors are called the elements of the weather.

Rainfall is measured by an instrument called the rain gauge. It is basically a measuring cylinder with a funnel on top to collect rainwater