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the sea water heats up or cools down the air so it will make the air sink or rise which is to do with convection.
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What is circular movement of air that causes land breezes?
The circular movement of air that causes land breezes is known as a local wind pattern. During the day, the sun heats up the land more quickly than the water, causing warm air to rise over the land. This creates an area of low pressure, which draws in cooler air from the water, resulting in a land breeze.
What is a result of the specific heat differences between land and ocean?
Breezes are created when there are specific heat differences between land and ocean.
Are hurricanes strong sea breezes?
No. A sea breeze is a relatively gentle air movement resulting from temperature differences between the land and the sea. Sea breezes can ocassionally produce thunderstorms, but not organized systems like hurricanes. A hurricane is a violent tropical cyclone that develops over tropical ocean water. A hurricane is an independent, self-sustaining storm system not related to the regional convection that causes land and sea breezes.
How does temperature and density have an effect on convection currents in the ocean?
The ocean has more density than the land. So therefore it takes more energy from the sun to warm up the ocean than the land. The land heats faster and cools of faster. It takes less energy to warm up the land than the ocean. This is why sea and land breezes occur.
Do hurricanes weaken because there winds are counteracted by the land and sea breezes?
No, hurricanes are fueled by warm ocean water so they weaken because they lose the warm ocean water on land. A hurricane controls the sea ocean breezes.
What is the relationship between convection currents in the ocean and convection currents in the atmosphere?
Both convection currents in the ocean and atmosphere are driven by temperature differences. In the ocean, warm water rises and cold water sinks, creating circular currents. Similarly, in the atmosphere, warm air rises and cool air sinks, generating vertical movement of air masses. Both types of convection currents play a crucial role in redistributing heat around the Earth.
What is Major source of energy that powers the convection currents in the atmosphere and ocean?
Vertical convection in both the ocean and atmosphere is caused by uneven HEATing.The source of energy for convection in the ocean and atmosphere is heating from the sun.
Why ocean breezes cool the land along the coast in the summer?
Because it is deal with it.
How can changing ocean currents lead to climatic cooling?
The changing ocean currents lead to climate cooling by bringing cooler breezes to places with higher climates. The cool breezes push the warm air out and leads to the drop of temperature.
How do convection currents affect earth?
Convection Currents affect earth by slowly moving the tectonic plates
Where are convection currents formed?
the ocean .
Which describes the way a convection current moves?
A convection current moves by the transfer of heat from warmer to cooler regions within a fluid (liquid or gas), creating a circular flow pattern. As the heated fluid expands and becomes less dense, it rises, while the cooler, denser fluid sinks to replace it. This movement continues in a continuous loop, driving the convection current.
