Here Comes The Sun
Where most of the Earth's energy comes from.
What is the Sun?
Global winds that are located 0-30 deg latitude from the equator?
What are trade winds?
Currents located at the top 300 ft of the ocean waters and are caused by global winds.
What are surface currents?
Sea Breeze
Warm air over the land rises while cool air over the water moves in underneath it, causing a cool breeze.
The process of soaking up or taking in.
What is to absorb?
The Sun's energy travels to Earth through these.
What are Electromagnetic Waves?
The three causes of wind.
What are the Earth's rotation, unequal heating of the Earth's surface, and areas of high and low pressure?
The largest and most powerful ocean surface current.
What is the Gulf Stream?
The Coriolis Effect
The concentration of salt in water.
What is Salinity?
Of all the Sun's energy coming to Earth, only this much makes it to Earth's surface.
What is 50%?
Sea breezes and land breezes are two examples.
What are local winds?
This is caused by warmer than average ocean waters and can cause increased rainfall on the western coast of the US. It usually lasts 1-2 years.
What is an El Nino?
The Global Wind Belts
Trade Winds 0-30 deg. latitude
Horse Latitudes 30-60 deg latitude
Polar Easterlies 60 deg- poles
The movement of air parallel to the Earth's surface.
What is wind?
The process of gases trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere.
What is The Greenhouse Effect?
The increased cooling that wind causes.
What is the Windchill Factor?
The ocean currents that are caused by Earth's rotation and temperature and density differences.
The Global Ocean Conveyor
Cold water moves south from the North Atlantic Ocean towards the equator. It moves along the Antarctic coast while warm surface waters move into the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The water loops back around in the Pacific and travels along the southern continents back to the Atlantic.
The protective layer of gases surrounding Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance.
What is Thermal Energy?
Bands of high-speed winds that affect local weather and are 10 km above Earth's surface.
What is the Jet Stream?
The deep ocean currents that circulates water and heat throughout the interconnected ocean basins.
The Jet Stream
High-speed wind bands that travel in wavy patterns around Earth and affect local weather.
What are Greenhouse Gases (GHG's)?