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What is large masses of air caused by uneven heating between the equator and the poles called?
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What causes currents to flow between the poles and the equator?
Uneven solar heating
What caused the global convection current between the equator and the poles?
Surface currents are caused by wind, and affected by the rotation of the Earth and the gravity of the moon (tides). When the oceans are deep, convection within the layers can also affect the flow of currents. * While wind currents are greatly affected by uneven heating of the Earth's surface, there is no corresponding heating of the ocean bottom by the Sun. So currents do not form spontaneously at depth.
What causes the global convection current between the equator and the poles.?
Surface currents are caused by wind, and affected by the rotation of the Earth and the gravity of the moon (tides). When the oceans are deep, convection within the layers can also affect the flow of currents. * While wind currents are greatly affected by uneven heating of the Earth's surface, there is no corresponding heating of the ocean bottom by the Sun. So currents do not form spontaneously at depth.
Most of the heating of the troposphere is caused by?
Convection
Why is the equator a low air pressure area?
The equator is an intensely heated throughout the year . Due to the intense heating the air in this region becomes warm and light and it rises above creating a partial vacuum .(As you know vacuum leads to decrease in air pressure) As a result a region of permanent low pressure is created called the equatorial low pressure belt.
What causes currents to flow between the poles and the equator?
Uneven solar heating
Do you have two winters per year on the equator?
There are no summers or winters near the equator because the temperatures vary little throughout the year. There are "dry" and "rainy" seasons, which like the summer and winter are caused by differences in solar heating as the apparent track of the Sun is to the north or south of the equator.
What caused the global convection current between the equator and the poles?
Surface currents are caused by wind, and affected by the rotation of the Earth and the gravity of the moon (tides). When the oceans are deep, convection within the layers can also affect the flow of currents. * While wind currents are greatly affected by uneven heating of the Earth's surface, there is no corresponding heating of the ocean bottom by the Sun. So currents do not form spontaneously at depth.
The change of state from a liquid to a gas?
It's called evaporation, generally caused by the heating of a liquid.
Caused by the uneven heating of earth and its atmosphere?
Pole. (The north and south poles. They get less heat than the equator because the sun's rays hit the equator more directly where they hit the poles at an angle and have to be spread over a larger area.)
What changes liquid to gas?
The change in phase is called evaporation. It can be caused by heating or by a change in air pressure.
What is the movement of ocean water that is caused by the uneven heating and density of the ocean water?
It is called an ocean current
What is it called when cool breezes during the day caused by differences in heating and cooling rates of land and water?
pleasant.
Is it true the heating of earth by the atmosphere's trapping the sun's energy is called the ozone layer?
No, it is not. This is caused by greenhouse effect.
Local winds can be caused by heating of the Earth's surface?
uneven heating
Effect of axial motion- bulging of the earth?
Yes, the Earth's rotation has caused a slight bulging of the planet, near the equator. The diameter of the Earth at the equator is a bit more than the distance between the Poles.
What causes the convection current between the poles and the equator?
Surface currents are caused by wind, and affected by the rotation of the Earth and the gravity of the moon (tides). When the oceans are deep, convection within the layers can also affect the flow of currents. * While wind currents are greatly affected by uneven heating of the Earth's surface, there is no corresponding heating of the ocean bottom by the Sun. So currents do not form spontaneously at depth.
