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- name three ways heat is transferred
- radiation convestion and conduction
- how is heat transferred from the sun to earth?
- radiation
- what causes most of the heating of the troposphere?
- convection
- what is the average amount of energy in an object?
- temperature
- what is a thin glass tube that measures temperature?
- a thermometer
- the direct transfer of heat from one substance to another that is touching is called?
- convection
- the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid is?
- convection
- what are the global wind belts?
- the polar easterlies, the prevailing westerlies, and the trade winds
- what are the calm areas?
- the doldrums and horse latitudes
- what is a horizontal movement of air?
- wind
- wind speed is measured by?
- an anemometer
- winds that blow over short distances are?
- local winds
- the flow of air from an ocean or lake to the land is called a?
- sea breeze
- the flow of air from land to water is?
- a land breeze
- sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with seasons are?
- monsoons