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What is the name for vertically rising or sinking air?
Rising and sinking air is called up draft and down draft, respectively.
What do you call the pattern of air rising and sinking and blowing horizontally?
updraft and downdraft
Is the pattern of warm air rising and cool air sinking is known as the conduction current?
It's known as a convection current not a conduction current :)
How does convection current works?
convection currents work when heated water cools then goes to the bottom then heats back up
What is the result in the tendency for warm air to rise and cool air to sink?
The result of warm air rising and cool air sinking is convection currents of air, causing wind. Even hurricanes are caused by this phenomenon.
When in the open atmosphere where it is cloudy air is generally sinking and cooling?
rising and cooling
What is the nae of the prossoe of warm air rising asnd cool air sinking?
The process of warm air rising and cool air sinking is called convection current The process of warm air rising and cool air sinking is called convection current
What is the name for vertically rising or sinking air?
Rising and sinking air is called up draft and down draft, respectively.
Is a high pressure system characterized by rising air or sinking air?
Rising air
Are winds formed by the rising of warm air and sinking of cool air?
rising
What is cool air rising and warm air sinking?
tornado
Is high pressure characterized by sinking air or rising air?
it is rising think of clear skies with a high pressure rising the air up.
What is an air current?
The vertical rising or sinking of air is known as the air current
What is the process called of warm air rising and clod air sinking?
Convection.
Is the sinking air denser than the rising air?
Yes, that's why it sinks.
Changes in temperature that result from the cooling of rising air or the warming of sinking air are?
Adiabatic
What plays an important role in the formation of thunderstorms?
Rising warm air and sinking cold air .
