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Why does the sun's rays not heat the earth evenly. |
This is due to the curvature of the earth |
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What is Low pressure |
Rising air and less air at surface |
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What is high pressure |
Sinking air, more air at surface |
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What is the Hadley cell |
Circulation of air between 30° latitude and the equator |
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How is the Hadley cell formed |
Air rises from the equator and cools down.some form clouds and others cools and diverges to the North and Southern hemisphere. It's sinks to the 30 degree latitude. It is pushed back to the equator by wind. Tropical Easterly wind. |
Cumulus nimbus clouds |
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Polar front |
The warm air if the ferrel cell that is moving towards the pole meets the cold polar air that is moving away from the pole. Because they are different air masses the warmer one is pushed up by the colder mass creating a polar fronts. A low pressure system(sub-polar low pressure system) is created because warm air rises. |
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What are the three types of winds |
Tropical Easterlies Polar Easterlies Westerlies |
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Tropical Easterlies |
Brings cooler from subtropical HP towards the Equatorial LP |
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Westerlies |
Bring warmer temperatures from subtropical HP to sub polar LP |
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Polar Easterlies |
Bring cooler temperatures, blow from Polar HP to sub-polar LP |
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