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This process is called convection. Hot air rises because it is less dense than cold air, creating a cycle where hot air goes up and cold air goes down, creating air currents.

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When warm air goes up and cold air is pushed down a movement of the air called wind occurs. True False?

It is true. It is the temperature of the air that mainly creates currents of wind.


What is a downdraft in the wind before a tornado?

A downdraft is a downward movement of air. Tornado formation is associated with what is called a rear-flank downdraft or RFD. The RFD descends from the back of a supercell thunderstorm and wraps around the rotating part of the storm called the mesocyclone, causing the rotation to tighten and intensify to form a tornado.


Why does water go down in a cold place and hot water goes up in an airtight placve?

Water goes down in a cold place because cold water is denser than warm water, causing it to sink. In an airtight place, hot water rises because it is less dense than the cold air surrounding it, creating a convection current that makes the hot water move upwards.


When a warm air mass moves into an area where a cold air mass is located it is called?

When a warm air mass moves into an area where a cold air mass is located, it is called a warm front. At a warm front, the warm air mass rises over the cold air mass, leading to gradual temperature increases and cloud formation.


Air mass that forms over a cold region is called?

Air masses that are cold and forms over polar regions is polar. A cold front occurs when a cold air mass meets and displaces a warm air mass. A front that forms when a warm air mass is trapped between cold air masses and forced to rise is called a occluded front.

Related Questions

Will cool air goes up?

hot air goes up, cold air goes down.


What Moves cold air out and warm air in?

warm air rises cold air goes down sinks


When warm air approaching the cold air goes under or over the cold air?

The cold air is denser, so cold air usually sinks down, and warmer air will float to the top.


Whats the pathway called air and food go down?

Food goes down the esophogaus and air goes down the trachea.


When warm air goes up and cold air is pushed down a movement of the air called wind occurs. True False?

It is true. It is the temperature of the air that mainly creates currents of wind.


What is it called when warm air and cold air mesh together and because of our earths tilt it goes into a spinning motion?

A tornado. **Your Welcome!**


How does air circulation take place?

When air is heated, it expands, it becomes lighter and goes up. Cold air is denser and heavy. That is why it sinks down. When hot air rises, cold air from surrounding area rushes there to fill in the gap. That is how air circulation takes place.


When a cold air mass moves into an area where a cold air mass is located it is called?

it is called a cold front


What are facts about cold fronts?

There is really nothing interesting about cold fronts. Cold air is overtaking warm air. Since cold air is denser than warm air, cold air goes under a warm air mass.


Why is warm air lighter than cold air?

Warm air is lighter than cold air because cold air is denser, by dense I mean the particles in cold air are more packed together than it is in warm air. Therefore cold air is heavier which is why warm/hot air always floats above cold air (same thing with hot/warm and cold water). That is why warm/hot air is lighter than cold air.That's the reason why a hot air balloon only goes up when there's something producing hot air (like fire for example), and the only reason it goes back down is if you put out the fire. Remember this only happens because Hot water/air is less dense than cold air which makes it lighter.


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Souns like a head gasket to me.