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The primary effect of heating a gas is lowering the density of the gas, making it lighter. Uneven heating of gas creates local density gradients, which will drive bulk movement of the gas via natural convection to get rid of the local density gradients.

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Unequal heating causes different wind patterns and changes the weather and climate a lot. Water has the highest specific heat of all substances
The unequal heating of the air causes the pressure variances.

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All materials conduct heat at varying rates. Thermal insulators tend to be very slow conductors, while materials like copper and water easily conduct heat. However, since no signal (including the transfer of heat) can travel infinitely fast, it is impossible to uniformly heat any material with a localised source of heat. The only way to uniformly heat a material would be to uniformly raise the temperature at all points at once. But even this is not practical for materials of significant thickness because it would take time for heat to conduct into the centre of the material. The faster you try to raise the temperature, the worse is localisation. Slowly raising the temperature will allow near-thermal equilibrium.

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During daytime, air over the land is warmer than air over oceans. The warm air rises, causing air pressure over the land to decrease. The cooler air over the sea rushes toward the land where air pressure is lower; this is known as sea breeze.

During night, since land loses heat rapidly, air over the land is cooler than that over the sea. The air over the sea rises as air from the land rushes toward the sea where air pressure is lower; this is known as land breeze.

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One cause could be that land is under some air and water is under other air; when the sun rises, the land heats up faster and the air above it is warmed.

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a convection current!!

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What causes differences in air temperature?

What mainly causes temperature differences is the spherical nature of the Earth, which causes unequal heating.


How does unequal heating affect wind patterns?

hot air causes a low pressure system, cold air then rushes towards this low pressure system to equalise the earths atmosphere. the unequal heating causes unequal pressure systems and air moves to and from those pressure systems.


How does unequal heating affect global wind pattern?

hot air causes a low pressure system, cold air then rushes towards this low pressure system to equalise the earths atmosphere. the unequal heating causes unequal pressure systems and air moves to and from those pressure systems.


How does unequal heating of earth affect the movement of air masses?

Unequal heating cause air masses to form fronts. Fronts are masses that contain air that is all the same temperature and at the same altitude.


What causes global convection currents to form?

Differences in temperature on earth


What causes differences in air pressure?

the uneven heating


What causes difference in air pressure around earth?

Twinkies


How does unequal heating of Earth's surface cause wind?

Uneven heating causes uneven temperatures (typically, not always). This means air molecules exert different pressures (remember, temperature is a measure of how fast molecules move randomly) at different locations. It is the difference in pressures that drive the winds (as well as the Coriolis force due to Earth's spin).


The unequal heating of Earth's surface?

air which causes wind


What are the type of air movements that form winds and that forms clouds?

the unequal heating of the earth's surface causes wind (warm air rising and cold air sinking), and evaporation creates clouds.


What causes the temperature decreasing with height in the troposphere?

The air is thinner


What are local winds?

Local winds are winds that blow over short distances caused by unequal heating of the earths surface in a small area.