Energy, Heat and Winds

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Areas located near oceans tend to have more moderate temperatures than areas farther inland because the ocean holds a large amount of

A powerful, warm surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean that can affect weather here in N.Ci is the

At night, the flow of cool air from the land out to the ocean creates a

Within the troposphere, heat is transferred mostly by

Convection currents occur because warm air is ___________ dense, and rises. The colder air is ___________ dense, and sinks. This is a constant cycle, and leads to winds as the air moves from high pressure to low pressure because of their densities.

The heat from the sun in the form of infrared radiation bounces off the Earth's surface, but gets trapped by the gases in the air. This natural process which helps regulate temperatures on Earth is known as the

Because of the Coriolis effect, winds in the Northern Hemisphere curve to the

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid is called