alleryStart learning →The troposphere is thickest at the equator because:
AThe earth spins slowest there
BOzone collects over the tropics
CRainfall presses the air down
DConvection lifts heat to great heights
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Convection lifts heat to great heights
1. Thickness of the troposphere is greatest at the equator.
2. Heat there is transported high by strong convectional currents.
3. That lifting stretches the layer upward.
_Source: syllabus Geography, 'Composition and Structure of Atmosphere' (kegy207)_
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