Solar Radiation
This is the major source of energy on Earth.
Solar Radiation
This tracks energy flowing into and out of Earth’s climate
Earth's Energy Budget
This process powers the circulation of the atmosphere and oceans.
Convection
Energy is continuously moved from one place to another through this process.
Energy Transfer
Heat from the Sun traveling through space to warm your face is this type of heat transfer.
What is radiation?
This energy from the Sun is made up of infrared, visible light, and ultraviolet radiation.
Solar Radiation
The energy budget considers where energy is going and whether these two amounts balance.
Energy going in and energy coming out
When air or water is heated, its molecules move faster and farther apart, causing this property to decrease.
Density
This secondary energy source helps store, move, and deliver energy in a usable form.
Electricity
A metal spoon getting hot when left in a pot of hot soup is this type of heat transfer.
What is conduction?
Earth receives only a very small portion of this, but it powers many processes at Earth’s surface.
Energy from the Sun
The energy budget includes solar energy entering and exiting this layer around Earth.
Atmosphere
Because warm air or water is less dense, it tends to do this.
Rise
Thermal and radiant energy can be converted into this form of energy that relates to motion.
Mechanical Energy
Warm air rising from a heater and cool air sinking to take its place in a room is this type of heat transfer.
What is convection?
This kind of radiation is one of the types included in solar radiation and can be seen by human eyes.
Visible Light
This effect is created when excess carbon dioxide and other gases affect Earth’s energy budget.
The Greenhouse Effect
In a convection cycle, cooler, denser air or water does this as warm air or water rises.
It falls or descends
Thermal and radiant energy can be converted into this form, which can be stored in substances.
What is chemical energy?
Feeling heat from a campfire on your hands from a few feet away is this type of heat transfer.
What is radiation?
Along with energy from Earth’s hot interior, this is where the energy driving Earth’s processes comes from.
The Sun
Earth’s energy powers the motion of these two large systems, as well as many processes at the surface.
Atmosphere and Oceans
Radiation and convection from Earth’s surface transfer this kind of energy.
Thermal Energy
Thermal and radiant energy can be converted into this form, and these different forms can also be converted back again.
What is electrical energy?
Bare feet getting warm when standing on hot sand at the beach is this type of heat transfer.
What is conduction?