Why is the tropopause found at a greater height in the equatorial region?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Due to intense solar heating and convective uplift
The equatorial region receives strong solar heating, which warms the surface and produces vigorous convection. Warm air rises through a greater vertical distance, making the troposphere and its upper boundary, the tropopause, higher there than near the poles. Thus option B is correct. Polar ice, mesospheric coldness, and exospheric pressure do not control the tropopause height in this way.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
Due to intense solar heating and convective uplift
Why is this the correct answer?
The equatorial region receives strong solar heating, which warms the surface and produces vigorous convection. Warm air rises through a greater vertical distance, making the troposphere and its upper boundary, the tropopause, higher there than near the poles. Thus option B is correct. Polar ice, mesospheric coldness, and exospheric pressure do not control the tropopause height in this way.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 11 Accountancy question. Chapter: Theory Base of Accounting.
