Physical geography Answers

Which one is easier to predict?
Weather
Climate
Both weather and climate
Neither weather nor climate

Why are the tropical cyclones more powerful and devastating than the mid-latitude cyclones?

How can the longer term changes in the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone) result in severe droughts (like La Nina) or flooding (El Nino) in in the tropical regions?

Explain why a tornado developing in North America spins in a counter-close wise direction? Unlike hurricanes, why is it difficult to predict the path and time when a tornado occurs?

When do you say air is stable? When do you say air is unstable?

Explain why does earth’s rotational velocity decrease as one travels from the equator to the North pole or South pole?

Why is the short-wave radiation more dangerous than the long-wave infrared radiation?

What evidence tells you that the earth rotates on its axis?

Can you explain why places by the coast have cooler temperatures but places located inland far away from the sea have hotter temperatures?