Rising air at the equator forms a belt of:
AZero pressure
BSame pressure
CLow pressure
DHigh pressure
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Low pressure
1. Intense heating at the equator makes the air rise.
2. Rising air leaves less air pressing on the surface.
3. This forms an equatorial low pressure belt.
4. So the answer is low pressure.
_Source: NCERT Class 9 Science, Ch 13 'Earth as a System: Energy, Matter, and Life'_
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