Atmosphere
The closest layer of the atmosphere to the Earth.
What is the Troposphere?
Narrow belts of high-speed winds that blow from west to east, between 7 km and 16 km above Earth's surface.
What are jet streams?
The energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
The transfer of energy from one object to another through direct contact.
What is conduction?
The measure of the force with which air molecules push on an area of a surface.
What is air pressure?
The curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
The energy of position, condition, and chemical composition.
What is potential energy?
The transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time based on the temperature wind, etc.
What is weather?
The movement of air over short distances.
What are local winds?
The ability to cause change.
What is energy?
The transfer of energy due to the movement of matter through a fluid (liquid of gas).
What is convection?
When the air pressure is low, this is high.
What is altitude?
Winds that go from west to east.
What are westerly winds?
The sum of an object's kinetic and potential energy.
What is mechanical energy?
The energy that is transferred between objects at different temperatures.
What is heat?
The layer of the atmosphere where auroras occur.
What is the Thermosphere?
The wind systems that occur at or near Earth's surface.
What are global winds?
Kinetic energy caused by the vibration of particles.
What is sound energy?
Allows heat to flow easily.
What is a conductor?