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Mo9-L4b: How is Air Circulation Created?

Key Concept
Mo9-L4b How is Air Circulation Created?
How is Energy Transferred in the Atmosphere?
KEY CONCEPTS:
How does energy transfer from the Sun to Earth 1. How are air circulation patterns within the
and the atmosphere?
atmosphere created?

Vocabulary A-Z

Let us learn some vocabulary

stability
whether circulating air motions will be strong or
weak.
Stable

Warm
Cool / Cold

Unstable
Cool / Cold
Warm

Conditionally
Stable
Warm

Cool Cool
Warm

temperature inversion
SUMMARY a temperature increase as altitude increases in the
How is Energy Transferred in the Atmosphere? troposphere.
Not all radiation from the Sun reaches Earth’s
surface.

Thermal energy transfer in the atmosphere
occurs through radiation, conduction, and
convection.

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