But on a mountain it's colder on the top but hotter at the bottom???
2007-04-27 11:23:13 · 8 answers · asked by bon80l@rogers.com 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
It is something like sitting on top of the tree and standing under the shade of the same tree.The top floor absorbs all the heat and radiates back preventing the heat flowing to the ground floor.The mountain's case is different.The mountain's height is many times more than that of a building.As the atmosphere is heated from the bottom by the reflected sun's rays from the ground,the bottom of the mountain is heated first and the top later.Hence the top is cooler.
2007-04-29 03:40:32 · answer #1 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heat does rise and dissapate as hot air is light weight. On a mountain the effect is called adiabatic cooling which means cooling due to the rise in elevation.
2007-04-27 12:23:41 · answer #2 · answered by Ammy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heat rises and collects in a building.
Heat is dissipated on a mountain.
2007-04-27 11:31:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
warm air rises to the top floor
at very high altitudes the atmosphere thins out
2007-04-27 11:37:29 · answer #4 · answered by Hzl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As the altitude increases the temperature decreases.
2007-04-27 12:42:58 · answer #5 · answered by Zyxel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heat rises but is captured and can not re-circulate in a building
2007-04-27 11:29:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
heat rises...
2007-04-29 14:03:28 · answer #7 · answered by futureteacher0613 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heat rises....
2007-04-27 11:31:45 · answer #8 · answered by Eve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋