Monday, June 13, 2011

Starting with the phrase 'high sea temperatures' use your knowledge and this diagram to explain the formation of a cyclone
High sea temperatures causes warm air from convection currents to rise, simultaneously causing a build up of energy and low pressure. This energy results in the powerful kinetic energy within a cyclone (with the help of latent heat.) The Coriolis effect then causes the cyclone to spin, as it is also the most energy stabilized way of movement

1 comment:

  1. the warm air doesn't come *from* the convection currents, but *causes* a convection current. warm air rises, and cools in the upper atmosphere, then falls. Can you try explaining it again.

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