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What is the upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cold air?
Conduction
What is the name given to a hot air balloonist?
Aeronaut
How does warm air moves?
it is pushed upward
Why do Cumulonimbus clouds Bring cold fronts?
They don't. It is the other way around. Cold fronts commonly cause cumulonimbus. Such clouds form when the atmosphere is unstable, meaning that a parcel of air, when given an upward nudge, will continue to rise on its own. A cold front provides that upward nudge to trigger cumulonimbus development.
Why are clouds made of soft fluffy cotton?
They aren't. Clouds are made of water droplets or ice crystals depending on the type.The billowing shape of some clouds is produced by the expansion and upward movement of warm air that is cooled as it rises.
What name is given to the upward and downward movement of air in the atmosphere?
Wind
The upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air form?
The upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cold air forms fluids.
What is the upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cold air?
Conduction
The upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air form what?
Convection
What is the upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air called?
Convection
What is the upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cold air form?
Conduction
The upward movement of warm air is called?
Updraft
What is the transfer of heat in the atmosphere by the upward movement of air?
Convection
Small area storms formed by the strong upward movement of warm moist air are called?
Small area storms formed by the strong upward movement of warm, moist air are called storm surges.
The upward movement of air in the atmosphere generally causes the temperature of that air to?
Decrease and become closer to the dewpoint. :-)
How is the sun related to the wind?
Simply the sun causes heating of air on Earth, when air is heated it moves upward, this is called convection, the movement of air creates wind.
Why do tornadoes pick up things and how?
Unlike other extreme wind events, air in a tornado moves rapidly upward in addition to rotating rapidly. This upward movement of air creates and upward force, which can lift objects off the ground. The stronger the tornado, the larger the things that can be picked up.
