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Air above the equator is heated more than at any other place on earth because solar rays strike the equator?
It is the place where the Sun is always closer than anywere else
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What is the difference between the sun's rays that strike at the equator and the sun's rays that strike at the poles?
Close to perpendicular.
What happen when air gets heated?
As air (unconfined), is heated its volume increases, and its density decreases. That makes it lighter (per volume) than it was. Warm air will rise above colder air, and in essence, float on top of the colder air.
How high above a burner should you place an object you want to heat?
Unless you want to limit the heat, it should be placed within a few centimeters of the flame, because the heat dissipates pretty quickly if the heated object is any higher.
Why do heated fluids rise using the particle theory?
Heated fluids are less dense than their cooler counterparts. For example, water at 80 degrees F is less dense than water at 75 degrees F. Therefore, because it is less dense, it rises above the cooler fluid. This happens all the time when boiling water. The water at the bottom becomes more heated than the water at the top, and so rises to the top, moving the cooler water to the bottom of the pot, which then becomes heated and pushes the now cooler water that used to be on bottom back to the bottom, restarting the whole process. This is known as convection.
What is meant by a geostationary orbit?
A geosynchronous orbits refers to the orbit of a satellite that matches the rotation of the earth, allowing it to remain above the same line of longitude. The satellite may still move north and south but not east or west. A geostationary orbit is a specific type of geosynchronous orbit directly above the equator. This allows the satellite to remain completely stationary over a fixed point on the earth's surface.
Why are mountaintops in the Philippines not covered with snow?
Because Philippines is above the Equator that is directly heated by the sun....:)
Is Hawaii above or below the equator?
The continent of Australia is completely below, or south of the equator. Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere because it is south of the equator.
Louisiana is located above or below the equator?
Louisiana is above the equator. No part of the continental US is below the equator. This assumes that you are comfortable with the completely arbitrary convention of calling north above and south below.
Why are the areas just above and below the equator cooler?
because the sun hits the equator more therefore, the equator is warmer
Is everything above the equator in Africa classified as North Africa?
Yes because country's such as ghana, which is in North Africa, is a fraction above the equator
Does Mexico is above or below the equator?
Mexico is located mostly above the equator in the Northern Hemisphere.
Is the US above or below the equator?
Above the equator
Is Ukraine above or below the equator?
It is above the equator.
Is Venezula above or below the equator?
Venezuela is north the equator (technically it is incorrect to say it is above the equator. The only thing above the equator is the sky)
Is the Arctic Circle above or below the Equator?
It is above the equator.
Is china above or below the equator?
North; above, by nineteen degrees.
Why do heated air masses above the equator move north and south to cooler areas?
Heated air masses above the equator and is moved due to the rotation of the earth on it's axis. This actual helps to deflect the movement of air over diffrent parts of the planet creatomg global patterns of prevailing winds distributing heat and moisture in the atmosphere.
