key concept
Energy from the sun is transferred to the ______ above the surface
What is air
What is a ocean
What is a large body of water
Surface currents are driven by this?
what is global winds
When energy is transferred from the sun it goes to the _____.
What is land or surface
Energy transfers from _____ substance to _____ substance. Warmer currents transfer energy to cooler air and warmer air transfers energy into cooler currents.
What is warm substance to cold substance
Ocean currents bring warm water from the equator towards Earth's _____.
What is poles
Chengdu is closer to the equator than Harbin. Which location has a colder air temperature and why?
what is Harbin because less energy is transferred from the sun directly to the surface, and then from the surface to the air
the coldest temperatures on Earth can be found where?
What is at the poles (North and South)
the closer a location is to the _____ the more energy it receives from the Sun therefore a location a location's air temperature is affected by its _____ from the equator.
What is Equator and what is distance
Ocean water is always _____
What is moving
Alesund and Khatyrka are the same distance from the equator and they are both near the ocean. Use the information on the map to answer these questions: How does the air temperature of Alesund compare to the air temperature of Khatyrka? Why?
what is the air at Alesund is warmer than Khatyrka. At Alesund, energy is transferred from the ocean to the air. At Khatyrka, energy is transferred from the air to the ocean.
True or False: The amount of energy we get from the sun is measured by temperature.
What is True
______ winds in the. position of _______ determine the direction of the ocean currents
what is prevaling
what is continents
water flowing in a continuous path through the ocean is called _____.
what is an ocean current
How does energy from the Sun warm the air?
what is energy first transfers from the Sun to the air. Then, it transfers to the surface and back to the air. Finally, the air gains energy and therefore temperature.
ocean currents bring warm water from the equator toward Earth's _____.
Changes to _____ winds affect ocean currents changes to ocean currents affect how much _____ is brought to (or taken away from) a location.
What is prevaling
What is energy
Currents are affected by winds and _____.
True or False: If two places are the same distance from the equator then they will always have the same air temperature!!
What is false, it depends were the temperature Is coming from
Currents release thermal energy, which can affect a location's _____.
what is the climate air temperature