6.3 Solar Energy, Quiz 1

6.3 The student will investigate and understand the role of solar energy in driving the most natural processes within the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and in Earth’s surface. Key Ideas include: a) Earth’s energy budget; b) the role of radiation and convection in the distribution of energy; c) the motion of the atmosphere and the oceans; d) could formation; and e) the role of thermal energy in weather-related phenomena including thunderstorms and hurricanes.