| A | B |
|---|
| trade winds | most of Florida is in this Global Wind Belt. |
| visible light | most of Sun's energy reaches Earth in this form |
| one half | amount of Sun's energy that reaches Earth's surface |
| greenhouse effect | gases act like glass trapping heat |
| eight minutes | amount of time it takes Sun's energy to reach Earth |
| unstable air | leads to storms |
| ultraviolet light | can cause sunburn and skin cancer |
| sea breezes | wind that blows in from the sea during the day |
| land breezes | wind that blows out to sea at night |
| convection | energy in liquids and gases in the form of currents |
| conduction | contact causes this form of heat transfer |
| jet stream | a narrow band of high winds above the clouds |
| polar easterlies | winds caused by convection at the poles |
| doldrums | areas with little or no wind out at sea |
| westerlies | winds caused by being between two convection currents |
| thermal energy | another name for heat |
| latent heat | heat trapped when water changes form |
| warm air | gets less dense and rises |
| wind | simple name for moving air |
| tropics | area near Equator that gets more direct rays of the Sun |
