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How does a mountaintop even in the tropics stay covered in snow all year round?
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Generally speaking, the higher up you go in the atmosphere, the colder it gets. When you get more than a few miles above sea level, it is perpetually below freezing, no matter where in the world you are.
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What factor causes a mountaintop in a warm region to be covered with snow?
Temperature decreases with altitude because pressure decreases. This is the primary reason you can get snow at low latitudes but at high elevations. At elevations above 15-20,000 feet, you can even have glaciers, which is essentially snow that falls and doesn't melt.
Where on earth is the tilt of earth least likely to affect season?
In the tropics, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. However, even in these areas they have distinct seasons. It's just that they don't have "winter" and "summer", they have a rainy season and a dry season. In southeast Asia and in India, they call their rainy season the "Monsoon".
Why are tropical climates warmer that temperate climates?
Most of Latin America lies within the Tropics- the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. This area has generally warm temperatures because it receives the direct rays of the sun for much of the year. Yet even within the Tropics, mountain ranges and wind patterns create a variety of climates in the region.
Why the polar zone is more cold than tropical zone?
Because in the tropics is closer to the middle of the earth than the poles. Imagine you held a torch at a globe, the top and the bottom would get the least light, and the middle would get the most. I'm not saying the equator is the hottest part of the Earth all the time and that is because of the Earth's tilt. If the earth was not at a tilt, the equator would be the hottest part of the Earth. In the poles, they get less sunlight than in the tropics. I don't mean that the poles have longer nights and shorter days than the tropics, but the rays of the sun shine much more strongly in the tropics, and the rays create lots of heat. Without the sun, our world would be cold, dark and lifeless. Rays that shine strongly create lots of heat. Imagine your weather is a Sub-tropical climate like the Meditteranean or even a Tropical Climate like the Caribbean, the rays in your part of the Earth will shine more strongly than where I live in Britain so the part that you live in will get more heat than the part of the world that I live in because it's closer to the middle of the Earth, but if you live close to the Arctic Circle or even in the Arctic Circle or if you live in Antarctica, the sun will shine less strongly than where I live because I'm closer to the equator than you are.
Why is it always hot in equatorial regions?
It has to do with the Earth being round and how the Sun shines on it. The tropics are mostly close to the roundest part of the Earth or EQUATOR. Most places near the equator are hot because the rays of the sun fully shine on them most of the year(except at night of course). This causes these places to be hotter than those that the Sun`s rays do not shine directly at.
How does a mountaintop stay covered in snow all year round?
it stays so freakin cold up there that it doesn't even get a chance to melt:)
Was the Jurassic time period too hot to live in?
No... it would have felt like the tropics or subtropics as far north as what is now Wyoming, and probably even farther, and even Antarctica wouldn't have been covered in glaciers, having a habitat more like that of modern Alaska.
What factor causes a mountaintop in a warm region to be covered with snow?
Temperature decreases with altitude because pressure decreases. This is the primary reason you can get snow at low latitudes but at high elevations. At elevations above 15-20,000 feet, you can even have glaciers, which is essentially snow that falls and doesn't melt.
What factor would cause a mountaintop in a warm region to be covered with snow?
Temperature decreases with altitude because pressure decreases. This is the primary reason you can get snow at low latitudes but at high elevations. At elevations above 15-20,000 feet, you can even have glaciers, which is essentially snow that falls and doesn't melt.
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