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Which is heavier hot air or cold?

Hot air. Because it always rises above cold


What causes cold fronts?

Cold fronts are caused by the interaction between a cold air mass moving into an area occupied by a warmer air mass. The denser cold air displaces the warmer air, creating a boundary where the two air masses meet. This displacement of warm air by cold air triggers changes in atmospheric pressure and can lead to the formation of clouds, precipitation, and sometimes thunderstorms.


What happens when cold air and hot air mix with each other?

Hot air and cold air dont usually collide; hot air rises while cold air sinks, thus separating the two. They occasionally may collide, though. Usually this results in some kind of precipitation, such as fog, rain, thunderstorms, etc. In the most severe cases, colliding hot and cold fronts may form into tornadoes, hurricanes, cyclones, etc. This occurs because the fast moving cold air collides with the fast rising warm air. The cold air 'revolves' around the hot air, turning both into a windstorm, but the rising hot air pulls it up to form the conical tornado shape. Hope this helps!


Why does got air rise and cold air sink?

Hot air rises because it is less dense than cold air. As hot air heats up, its molecules move more quickly and spread out, making it lighter and causing it to rise. Conversely, cold air is denser and sinks because its molecules move slower and are more closely packed together.


Less force. cold air or hot air?

Cold air typically has less force than hot air because cold air is denser and therefore heavier, making it more difficult to move. Hot air is lighter and tends to rise, creating air currents and potentially more forceful movements.

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Why hot air blows with temp control on cold 2001 sonoma?

There is a door behind the dash that changes cold and hot air flows. The door is probable stuck or the control circuit has failed causing the hot air to blow on cold.


What is the name of the lever that Changes the air from cold to hot?

Temperature control lever


What are the causes of changes in the weather?

the thing that causes it is that masses of air would stay and change the weather of that specific weather


In which direction does air move: from hot to cold or from cold to hot?

Air moves from hot to cold.


What does hot air and cold air together would do?

When hot air and cold air come together, the hot air tends to rise while the cold air sinks. This movement generates air currents and can lead to changes in weather patterns, such as the formation of wind, clouds, and precipitation. It is a fundamental process in the Earth's atmosphere that drives weather systems.


Does hot and cold air fall or rise?

Hot air rises and cold air falls.


Air is cold or hot?

Air can vary in temperature, so it can be cold or hot depending on the environment. Cold air is denser and can feel refreshing, while hot air is lighter and can feel warmer on the skin.


Is hot air denser than cold air?

No, hot air is less dense than cold air.


In which direction does air flow, from hot to cold?

Yes, air flows from hot to cold.


What is hot and cool air?

hot is hot cool air is cold


What is the difference between ectothermic and endothermic?

endothermic is when something changes from to hot to cold and ectothermic is when something changes from cold to hot.


2000 Corvette air conditionig blowing hot air not cold?

when turning on air conditionor for cold air only get hot