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Why is it that when you go up a mountain you get colder because your near to the sun?
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∙ 13y ago
because air pressure decreases as altitude increases. As air rises, the pressure decreases. It is the lower pressure at higher altitude that causes temperature to be colder on the top of a mountain compared to sea level.
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Why are the poles colder?
They are not as near the sun.
What causes ocean water near the poles to be colder than ocean water near the equator?
the sun's rays strike the water at a angle at the poles APEX
If you go to a mountaintop closer to the sun why is it colder?
The sun is very far away, it takes light form the Sun 8 minutes to reach the Earth. At this scale the difference in height between the top of a mountain and the beach is insignificant, both places receive the same amount of light/heat form the Sun. What makes the mountain top cold is vertical variation in temperature caused by the earths atmosphere. As you go up form sea level, the air cools by about one degree Centigrade for every 300 feet you go up. Thus as you are surrounded by colder air, it is colder on the top of a mountain - (or looking at it another way, the mountain pokes up into a region of colder air). Look at the link I will place below for more information on air temperature.
Is Pluto colder than neptune?
no it isn't cuz Pluto is further away from the sun!
Do planets get colder when there away from the sun?
Yes planets get colder when further away from the Sun.
Why are the poles colder?
They are not as near the sun.
Why does it get colder when you climb up a mountain and you're closer to the sun?
The air is thinner
Why mountain top are more colder then plains even if they are nearer to sun?
The sun is about 93 million miles away. Going up a mountain so that you're a mile closer does nothing at all. The temperature is colder because air pressure at those elevations is lower, and these two variables are directly related.
How do things get hotter and colder?
Things get hotter because of the sun, and things get colder because of the snow
Why is it colder at the top of the mountain when the top is closer to the sun?
The top of a mountain is closer to the sun than the land around during the day it, but given that the sun is more than 90 million miles away, that difference is negligible. The higher you go up in the atmosphere, the colder it gets. This is because the air at high altitudes is less compressed than the air at low altitudes. When a gas is decompressed, it cools.
Why is Vermont colder in the winter?
Colder compared to what? It is colder in the winter than in the summer because the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun in the winter. It is colder in Vermont compared to southern states because it is farther from the equator, and therefore receives lesss heat from the sun
Are mountaintops typically colder than lowlands?
when the sun shines the denser air over the valley of a mountain gets warmed up.These warmed air rises up and reaches the mountain tops.As it reaches the mountain tops it expands adiabatically because the pressure at mountain tos is low
Why do you have a season?
Because the Earth revolves around the sun. The further we are from the sun, the colder it gets.
Why are mountaintops colder than lowlands?
Mountaintops are colder than the lowlands because the Sun heats the Earth from the ground up. The Sun's radiation travels through the atmosphere to the ground, where Earth absorbs the heat then emits it back out. So, temperatures near the Earth's surface is generally the warmest.
Why is Saturn colder than the earth?
Because it is further away from the sun
What causes ocean water near the poles to be colder than ocean water near the equator?
the sun's rays strike the water at a angle at the poles APEX
Colder winters and warmer summers are caused by Earth's?
It's caused by its rotation Think of it when the Earth rotates it faces the sun which makes it warmer. Because the Sun gives off heat When it is in winter it should be colder because the Sun is not facing us.
