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When the air moves away from the tropics and towards the poles it becomes?
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cool and dry
Kevin Greenfelder
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Why do you think the amount of insolation increases from the poles towards the equator?
There is no 'why' because that statement is false. The equator is right in the CENTER of the tropics. As the sun wiggles back and forth between the edges of the tropics each year, the equator is the place that receives the MOST average insolation.
Does the earths rotation make prevailing winds go north and south or east and west?
Prevailing winds move from North to South because cold, dense air in the poles moves towards the equator where it is warmer (it moves from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure). Because of the Earth's rotation, it causes air moving towards the poles to curve to the east and wind moving away from the poles to curve to the west.
Why do lines of latitude decrease in size as they move towards the poles?
Because the parallels of latitude are imaginary lines drawn on the Earth's surface, and, you may have noticed, cross sections of the Earth itself decrease in diameter as the cutting plane moves toward the poles.
If Antarctica is located where Europe is where are the north and south poles?
Antarctica alone moves but poles doesn't... So the poles remains unchanged...
What acts like a giant thermostat warming the Poles cooling the tropics and regulating the climate of your planet?
The ocean currents
When air moves away from the tropics and toward the poles it becomes?
cool and dry
When air moves away from the tropics and toward the poles it becomes .?
cool and dry
What general trend does a world isothermal map show?
temperatures decreasefrom the tropics toward the poles.
When warm air moves towards the poles?
... ice melts.
Into how many world climate regions do most geographers divide the earth?
5. Tropics, subtropics and poles. subtropics are between the tropics and poles on each side.
Why are the sunrays never vertical on the poles?
Because the poles are at no point directed straght towards the sun, its due to the Earth being upright (with a small tilt) as it circles the sun. The sun will never be directly overhead outside the tropics.
Where are the tropics and polar region found?
Tropics- area near equator polar- area closer to the poles
Why do you think the amount of insolation increases from the poles towards the equator?
There is no 'why' because that statement is false. The equator is right in the CENTER of the tropics. As the sun wiggles back and forth between the edges of the tropics each year, the equator is the place that receives the MOST average insolation.
How are the tropics and poles different?
becaus one is cold and one is hot
Does the earths rotation make prevailing winds go north and south or east and west?
Prevailing winds move from North to South because cold, dense air in the poles moves towards the equator where it is warmer (it moves from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure). Because of the Earth's rotation, it causes air moving towards the poles to curve to the east and wind moving away from the poles to curve to the west.
What role does the suns energy has in creating wind?
All the energy on earth comes from the sun , including wind energy . The sun warms the tropics more than the polar regions, so air rises in the tropics and sinks near the poles. This causes a constant current of air in a loop, from the poles towards the equator close to the ground and the other direction higher up. :) hope this helps!
Why is it hotter around the tropics?
because the weather is hotter near the tropic places then the poles.
