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Energy
Thermal Energy
Water
Oceans
Atmosphere
100
Molecules start to move faster and spread out
What happens when you add thermal energy to something?
100
Water can move through the material easily, such as gravel or sand
What does permeable mean?
100
A large stream of moving water that flows through the ocean
What is a current?
100
Most abundant gas found in the atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
200
A stretched rubber band or a spring
What are examples of stored mechanical energy?
200
A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object
What is temperature?
200
Part of the Earth's system that contains all the water
What is the hydrosphere?
200
It warms the air above it
What does a warm surface current do to an area?
200
Powerful currents of air between the troposphere and stratosphere
What is the jet stream?
300
A book on a shelf or a ball at the top of a hill
What are examples of gravitational potential energy?
300
Only from warm objects to cooler objects
What is the way heat transfers?
300
In the oceans
Where is most of the Earth's water found?
300
This causes air & ocean currents to flow clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
What is the Coriolis Effect?
300
21% of the Earth's atmosphere
What is oxygen?
400
Light, microwaves & X-rays
What are examples of radiant energy?
400
Point at which molecules stop moving
What is absolute zero?
400
A lack to clean, fresh drinking water around the world
What is global water scarcity?
400
Northern Pacific Gyre
What did the Rubber Ducks ride on for the 1st 2-3 years?
400
The middle of the stratosphere at 37km
Where did Felix Baumgartner jump from?
500
Conduction, convection & Radiation
What is 3 ways to transfer heat?
500
Metals
What are some good thermal conductors?
500
Poverty, drought, pollution
What are 3 causes of the global water scarcity problem?
500
Clockwise
What is the direction currents flow in the northern hemisphere?
500
It decreases as you go up in elevation
What happens to air pressure in the atmosphere?