Why are the mountains colder than the plains ?
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Answer / sanju
The heat-absorbing power of air depends in its density and
the quantity of water vapour and dust particles continued in
it. The air of mountains, being thinner and having less
quantity of water vapour and dust particles , can absorb
less heat than the air of the plains
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Answer / vishwa
It is because as we move above in an higher altitude the air becomes colder.
Conclusion: As the altitude increases the cold it becomes.
"Colder with increasing or ascending "altitude"
Extra point: When the altitude decreases it becomes hot
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Answer / rayniela manaloto
in reality, the air is not warmed directly by the sun's
rays, but by infrared, or long-wave radiation from the
earth. The sun's rays strike
the earth, and are absorbed by the earth, which raises the
temperature of the earth. The earth re-radiates the energy
at a wavelength dependent on the temperature of the earth.
The air is able to absorb the earth radiation, and becomes
warmer. At high altitudes, as on mountain tops, strong winds
keep the air mixed, and prevent much rise in temperatures
near the surface of the mountain. Also as you go up the
heating factor, the land becomes progressively lesser.
Vegetation also reduces heat as most of the suns energy is
used to evaporate water.
As you go up in altitude from the surface of the earth, the
air cools at a fixed rate. This is called the "lapse rate,"
and for unsaturated air, that rate is about 5 deg. C. for
each thousand feet of altitude. For saturated air, the rate
is about 3.5 deg.C. for each thousand feet of altitude. Wind
mixes this colder air on mountain tops and hill stations...
But plateaus like ladakh is a different story! :))
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Answer / mrinal
as the density of air decreses when we move upward.Hence
the air also become colder.
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