Neglecting the Coriolis effect, imagine there is a parcel of air at some tempera

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Neglecting the Coriolis effect, imagine there is a parcel of air at some temperature that is moving over the land surface. In which of the following places would you expect the air to rise?

Choose one or more:

A) Indonesia

B) southern South America

C)Antarctica

D) northern South America Europe

E) central Africa

Part 2;

What do the locations you selected in Part 1 have in common? See hint ( Remember that air rises because its density decreases. What causes the density of an air parcel to decrease?)

Choose one or more:

A) They are all in the northern hemisphere.

B) They are all in the tropics.

C) They are all cold, dry areas.

D) They all have warm climates.

E) They all have arid climates.

Explanation / Answer

1)

D) northern South America Europe

E) central Africa.

2) these places are near or on the equatorial region where solar radiations is maximum, so the temperature of this region is high and this causes the air to become less dense, since the density of air deceases with temperature, so parcel of air in this region will rise.

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