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Q: Why will air sink if its cooler than the air around it?
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If you trap air in a balloon and put it into warm air will it float?

If the air in the balloon is cooler than the air around it, it will sink. Hot air balloons go up because they weigh less than the air around them.


When happens when cooler air and heated air interact?

The cool air will sink and the warm air will rise.


Why do hot air balloons rise with hot air?

Hot air is less dense than cooler air, therefore the balloon will rise (float) on the cooler air around it.


Hot air makes hotairballoons do what?

Hot air makes a hot air balloon rise because hot air is less dense than the cooler air around it, so the hot air balloon floats on the cooler air around it.


Why are air conditioners usually placed at a higher rather than at a lower level?

In areas with air of varying temperatures, the cooler air will sink into the less dense warmer air. Adding cooler air at a higher point in the room will improve mixing as it settles into the room, rather than remaining near the floor. For the same reason, heating (without a fan) is more effective when done at a lower level, so that the warm air rises into the occupied area.


What happens if the ground is cooler than the air?

When the ground is cooler than the air you get fog.


When two kinds of air are next to each other the cooler air will sink and force the warmer air to rise?

yes


What is true awarm is less dense than cooler air bwarm air is as dense as cooler air cwarm air has no density dwarm air denser than cool air?

Warm air is less dense than cooler air.


How does a hot air balloon use hot air to rise?

Because hot air rises and cool air sinks. the reason why is because hot air is less dense than cool air so the cooler air will sink


Why the high land is colder than the low one?

Cooler air is lighter and rises to the top, while warmer air is heavier and sinks to the bottom. There is actually a cycle of heating and cooling of the air, which causes wind. Te longer the cooler air is of higher altitude, the warmer it is going to get; this is also true of the warmer air, but vise versa. The warmer air gets cooler and starts to rise while the cooler air gets warmer and starts to sink.


Why hot heat goes up?

Heated matter tends to rise because it is less dense than cooler matter. This is due to the fact that warmer air molecules have more energy, and thus tend to move around and spread out. Cooler air does not move around so much, having less energy, and therefore will be more closely packed, or more dense. Because of this higher density, it will sink through the more loosely-spaced warm air particles and displace them. This results in warm air rising above cooler air.


What climatic variable causes inner cities cooler winters and warmer summers than cities near water?

Cities are warmer than the areas immediately around them. Water is a great heat sink. Winds going over water can take the warmer air in winter and push it over that nearby land, thus warming the associated land. The reverse happens in summer. The air moving over cooler water is cooled and transfers that cooler air over the downwind land.