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What causes a hurricane to spin?
A hurricane's spin is a result of a the Coriolis effect. a consequence of the earth's spin. The low pressure in a hurricane draws air toward the center of a hurricane, however, as a result of earth's spin wind currents in the northern hemisphere get deflected to the right, this actually reduces the change in velocity further away from the center of lowest pressure. As a consequence, this gives the storm a counterclockwise spin. The effect is reversed in the southern hemisphere.
How are currents that form in heated air similar to currents that form in heated water?
Currents that form in heated air are similar to currents that form in warm water because heated air goes up and cold air goes down creating convection currents.
Why are there warm air currents over motorways?
Because of convection currents
What are convection currents which affect weather and climate created by?
Air convection currents are created by a combination of the sun heating the air closer to the equator making it rise and cooling it in the arctic regions making air descend. That combined with the rotation of the Earth causing a Coriolis Effect making the winds that travel west to east.
How does uneven heating of earths surface results in convection currents?
Where the air is over a parts of the Earth's Surface that is warm, the air warms. Warm air rises and as it rises it is replaced by cooler air that is sucked in from parts of the Earth's surface which are comparatively cooler. This movement causes a cyclic circulation of the air called win and weather.
How are air currents on earth affected by earths spin .?
as the earth spins the world explodes
How do convection currents from different global winds?
The cool air sinks and warm air rises,as the warm air rise, the rotation of earth makes the air spin in a awkward position
What is the origanal source of wind?
The sun warms air unequally in different terrains and latitudes. Warm air rises above colder air, producing air currents that are also affected by the rotation of the earth.
Wind is created by what type of currents in the Earth's atmosphere?
Air currents.
What causes a hurricane to spin?
A hurricane's spin is a result of a the Coriolis effect. a consequence of the earth's spin. The low pressure in a hurricane draws air toward the center of a hurricane, however, as a result of earth's spin wind currents in the northern hemisphere get deflected to the right, this actually reduces the change in velocity further away from the center of lowest pressure. As a consequence, this gives the storm a counterclockwise spin. The effect is reversed in the southern hemisphere.
What creates surface current?
Surface currents are created by air currents, earth's rotation, and positions of the continents.
What causes currents in the ocean and atmosphere?
Warm air rising and cold air sinking in combination with the rotation of the Earth cause the various currents in the atmosphere.
Why doesn't air move straight south or north?
Because the rotation of the earth 'drags' the air currents with it - creating eddys and currents with differing strengths and directions.
The curving of air currents due to the earth's rotation is known as?
coriolis effect
What causes convection currents in the earth's mantle and oceans and in the air?
Heat differentials.
What location on Earth would air constantly be rising because of convection currents?
no they do not?
What creates the currents of air?
Air currents are caused by the sun's uneven heating of the earth, Water Currents (mostly known as Ocean Currents) are generated by wind, density differs in water masses causes by temperature and salinity variations,gravity, and also events such as earthquakes
