Energy
The ability to cause change
What is energy?
The movement of air over short distances
What are local winds?
The mixture of gasses that surrounds Earth
What is the atmosphere?
The energy that is transferred between two objects at different temperatures
What is heat?
The movement of air
What is wind?
The energy of an object due to motion
What is kinetic energy?
Blow between the poles and 60 degrees latitude
What are polar easterlies?
Most common gas in the atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
The transfer of energy between two objects through direct contact
What is conduction?
____ air is at the poles and ____ air is at the equator
What is cold, dense |and| warm, less-dense
The energy an object has due to position or condition
What is potential energy?
A breeze coming off of a body of water
What is a sea breeze?
Makes up 21% of the atmosphere
What is oxygen?
The transfer of energy due to movement of liquids or gasses
What is convection?
The cause of wind
What are differences in air pressure?
The total kinetic energy in particles
What is thermal energy?
Breeze blowing up the sides of a mountain
What is a valley breeze?
The cause of air pressure
What is gravity?
The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
The apparent curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation
What is the Coriolis Effect?
The sum of kinetic and potential energy in an object
What is mechanical energy?
Where trade winds from both hemispheres meet
What is doldrums?
Higher altitude causes ________
What is lower air pressure?
The different rates at which materials become warmer or cooler
What is specific heat?
The two basic types of winds
What are global and local winds?