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Our planet's Heating System: Sun, Wind and Ocean Currents (Uneven…
Our planet's Heating System:
Sun, Wind and Ocean Currents
The Greenhouse Effect
Sun produces Short Wave Energy which heats up the surface of the earth
Earths surface returns long wave energy
provides us with the heat needed to survive
Atmosphere
(78% nitrogen)
(21% oxygen)
Uneven Distribution of Heat
Temperature of any place depends on the latitute
The further a place from the equator, the cooler it will be
due to sunrays being slanted
moving air
atmospheric pressure
cold air is dence and heavy
high pressure
warm air is light
low pressure
Winds
named after the way that they blow from
eg. South easterly
Uneven Distribution of Heat
The Heat of the sun is distributed unevenly over the earths surface
the Temperature depends on the places latitude
near the equator is warmer
far away from the equator sun rays are slanted so they are regions of cooler temperature