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What is the rotation of air around a high pressure center is called what?
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It is Anticyclones
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To turn around a center point?
To turn around a centre point is to rotate.
What does cyclones and tornado have in common?
Both have winds that rotate cyclonically around a low pressure center. Cyclonic rotation is counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern.
What is an area of lower pressure winds that spiral toward the center called?
air pressure!
Can hurricanes and tornadoes both spin around a center of low pressure?
It is not just a manner that they can, but that they always do. Both hurricanes and tornadoes involve wind rotating around and being drawn toward a low pressure center.
What are the similarities between rotation and revolution?
well the difference is rotation is around an axis in the center of a body. revolution is the movement of a body around an axis outside of the body ( earth is the body then the sun is the axis.
How do you find the smallest angle of rotational symmetry for a figure?
If you can rotate (or turn) a figure around a center point by fewer than 360° and the figure appears unchanged, then the figure has rotation symmetry. The point around which you rotate is called the center of rotation, and the smallest angle you need to turn is called the angle of rotation. This figure has rotation symmetry of 72°, and the center of rotation is the center of the figure:
To turn around a center point?
To turn around a centre point is to rotate.
What is a transformtion in which a figure is rotated about a point called the center of rotation?
It is called a rotation.
How do you define the word rotation?
A rotation is a movement of an object in a circular motion. A two-dimensional object rotates around a center (or point) of rotation. A three-dimensional object rotates around a line called an axis.
What does cyclones and tornado have in common?
Both have winds that rotate cyclonically around a low pressure center. Cyclonic rotation is counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern.
How are winds affected by areas of high pressure?
In zones where air ascends, the air is less dense than its surroundings and this creates a center of low pressure. Winds blow from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure, and so the surface winds would tend to blow toward a low pressure center. In zones where air descends back to the surface, the air is more dense than its surroundings and this creates a center of high atmospheric pressure. Since winds blow from areas ofhigh pressureto areas oflow pressure, winds spiral outward away from the high pressure. The Coriolis Effect deflects air toward the right in the northern hemisphere and creates a general clockwise rotation around the high pressure center. In the southern hemisphere the effect is just the opposite, and winds circulate in a counterclockwise rotation about the high pressure center. Such winds circulating around a high pressure center are calledanticyclonic windsand around a low pressure area they are calledcyclonic winds.
What is axis rotation?
Axis of rotation is an imaginary line about which a turning body rotates. Or the center around something rotates.
What is a high pressure center of dry air called?
A high pressure center of dry air is called an anticyclone
What does bilateral and rotational mean?
rotation means to spin on an axis in one place revolution means to move around another object
Center of low pressure are called?
Cyclones
What is the system of rapidly circulating winds around center of low pressure that usually brings rain?
The system of rapidly circulating winds around a center of low pressure that usually brings rain is called a low-pressure area. A low-pressure area may cause a cyclone, such as a tropical cyclone or a mid-latitude cyclone.
What causes global winds to curve rather than move straight?
The result of Earth's rotation. Air heads into low pressure system center and out of high pressure system.
