Energy
ability to do things
What is energy?
energy transferred from a hotter object to a cooler one
What is heat?
gases that surround Earth
What is the atmosphere?
air movement made by differences in air pressure
What is wind?
What is kinetic energy?
transferred energy as heat from one thing to another
What is conduction?
the force which air molecules push on a surface
What is air pressure?
small, circular patterns that air moves in between the equator and pole
What are convection cells?
energy of position
What is potential energy?
heat transferred through gases and liquids
What is convection?
where an increase in temperature makes the density decrease
What is thermal expansion?
What is the Coriolis effect?
the kinetic energy of particles
What is thermal energy?
the circular motion of a liquid/gas by one part having a different density from a temperature change
What is a convection current?
the different rates where materials get warmer or colder
What is specific heat?
wind systems that occur at or near Earth's surface
What are global winds?
kinetic and potential energy combined
What is mechanical energy?
the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
energy from the sun
What is electromagnetic radiation?
What are local winds?