Intro to Energy
The energy of an object due to motion is...
What is Kinetic Energy?
The 3 ways of heat transfer are...
What are conduction, convection, and radiation?
The mixture of gases that surround the Earth that is often referred to as air is...
What is the atmosphere?
The movement of air caused by the differences in air pressure is...
What is wind?
The energy in an object due to its position, condition, and chemical composition is...
What is Potential energy?
The energy transferred from an object with a higher temperature to the object with the lower temperature is...
What is heat?
The measure of the force that the air molecules push an area of surface is...
What is air pressure?
The apparent curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation is...
What is the Coriolis Effect?
The kinetic energy of an object's particles is...
What is Thermal energy?
Joules and calories are the 2 what?
What are ways to measure heat?
The expansion of an object because of its heat is...
What is thermal expansion?
Pressure belts at every 30° of latitude and the Coriolis Effect produce patterns of calm areas and wind systems are called...
What are global winds?
Mechanical energy is...
What is the sum of an object's kinetic and potential energy?
The transfer of energy as heat by fluids like liquids and gases is...
What is convection?
The Sun's rays are what form of energy?
What is electromagnetic radiation?
Winds that blow between about 30° of latitude and the equator that exist in both hemispheres are called...
What are trade winds?
The 2 general types of energy are...
What is kinetic and potential energy?
a material that transfers heat well is called a...
What is a conductor?
A measure of the average kinetic particles in an object is...
What is temperature?
Narrow belts that blow from east to west between 7 and 16 km off the Earth's surface are called...
What are jet streams?