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What source of energy causes wind currents from tropical regions to polar regions?
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Do energy from the moon causes winds and ocean currents?
no
What is the primary source of energy for ocean currents and waves?
Ocean currents at the SURFACE -- their primary cause is SOLAR ENERGY. Due to solar energy, much of the wind pattern originates and this wind pattern in turn causes ocean currents on the surface.
Due to the Earth's shape and orientation areas near the equator receive the greatest amount of energy from the Sun. Ocean currents?
help to distribute this energy by warming other regions of the globe.
What is the primary energy source that causes warm moist air to rise over tropical oceans?
The heat of the sun.
Why does solar energy reach the equatorial regions more than the polar regions?
Because the sun hits more directly at the equator. More sunlight is reflected off from the polar regions, and so less sunlight hits in the polar regions. NO! The sun's rays strike the polar regions at a lower angle, therefore delivering the same amount of energy, but spreading it over a greater area. This is what causes lower temperatures in the polar regions.
Do energy from the moon causes winds and ocean currents?
no
How does energy in earths interior cause changes to earths surface?
The energy from the core of the earth causes currents in the molten layers, the way there are currents in the ocean. These currents are what causes the Tectonic Plates to move along the surface of the earth.
What source of energy causes these oceans currents?
The immediate source of most energy moving ocean currents is wind. The ultimate source of this energy is the sun.
What causes convection currents to form in Earth's atmosphere?
Solar energy
How the sun is the major source of energy that powers surface currents?
The sun is major source of energy that power surface currents because the sun causes wind to blow and winds cause surface currents to form
Which process causes the transfer of energy by air currents within the Earth's atmosphere?
convection
When the wires are connected to the terminals of the battery what causes electric currents in the circuit?
The energy stored in the chemicals of the battery
What is the primary source of energy for ocean currents and waves?
Ocean currents at the SURFACE -- their primary cause is SOLAR ENERGY. Due to solar energy, much of the wind pattern originates and this wind pattern in turn causes ocean currents on the surface.
Due to the Earth's shape and orientation areas near the equator receive the greatest amount of energy from the Sun. Ocean currents?
help to distribute this energy by warming other regions of the globe.
What are surface currents powered by?
The sun causes currents in the ocean because it is warming the water in the ocean in the day while it is hot, and then in the night when the sun goes down, the ocean starts to cool. Since the air above the water is warmer than in the water, this causes the water to rise up to the warmth until it gets cooled by the night, or from rain. This is what created movement and currents in the ocean from the sun.
A tropical cyclone is a weather event that causes strong winds and heavy rainfall What is the source of energy for a tropical cyclone?
Latent heat from evaporated ocean water
How do the total number of hours of sun light in a year compare for a tropical regions and polar regions of the earth Why are polar regions so much cooler?
A) About the same. B) Because the energy per unit area is greater near the equator than at the poles. i.e. the sun is overhead more in tropical areas (and never at the poles).
