Solar Energy
This is the primary source of energy for Earth
The sun
The movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure is ________
What is Wind?
Ocean water flows from _____ density to ______density
What is High to Low?
These are the three types of heat transfer.
What are conduction, convection and radiation?
These steady winds were named by sailors and flow from east to west between 30o N and 30o S
What are Trade Winds?
The energy from the sun hits the Earth most directly here.
What is the equator?
These winds are steady winds that blow from east to west near the poles
What are polar easterlies?
These are wind driven currents that carry ocean currents across the ocean's surface.
What are surface currents?
The process by which energy is transferred from the ground to the atmosphere directly above it
What is Conduction?
Higher _______ causes cold water to sink.
What is salinity?
What is the term for the energy from the Sun that reaches Earth?
What is radiation?
The effect that causes winds to curve due to the Earth's rotation
What is the Coriolis Effect?
The process by which cold, dense water is brought back up to the surface?
What is Upwelling?
The process by which thermal energy is transferred by particles within matter, usually having to do with the air.
What is Convection?
True or False: Landmasses affect the speed and direction of wind systems.
What is true?
Water heats up ________ than land
What is slower?
These steady winds flow from west to the east between the latitudes 30o N and 600 N and 30o S and 60o S.
What are the prevailing westerlies?
Ocean currents combine into larger circular systems called ______
What are gyres?
This ocean current helps move heat around the Earth.
What is the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt?
Gyres in the Northern Hemisphere flow ________
What is Clockwise?
A snow capped mountain has ______ albedo than the dark asphalt.
What is higher?
Warm air _____
What is Rises?
Surface currents, upwelling and density currents combine to form this.
What is the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt?
This helps to distribute heat around the surface of the Earth using wind.
What is the Coriolis Effect or Global Convection Cells?
This is Mrs. B's favorite animal.
What is a Penguin?