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Heat is transferred from one particle of matter to another without the movement of matter itself in a process called
conduction
Heat transfer occurs how?
from warm objects to colder ones
The atmosphere is what?
the layer of gasses that surrounds the earth
Earth's atmosphere is important to living things because it
provides all the gases that living things need to survive.
Air has pressure because
air has mass
The greenhouse effect is
the process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere
Winds are caused by differences in what?
air pressure
Two conditions are required for cloud formation: cooling of the air and
the presence of particles in the air
In the continental United States, air masses are commonly moved by the prevailing westerlies and ......
jet streams
Weather associated with an anticyclone is generally
dry and clear
An area's precipitation level can be influenced by what?
latitude, altitude, or shape of land
shape of land
The layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in what?
temperature
Climate is affected by which two factors?
temperature and precipitation
The transfer of heat by touch is:
radiation, conduction, or convection
conduction
The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance is known as the:
temperature, thermal energy, thermometer
thermal energy
The transfer of thermal energy for a hotter object to a cooler one is:
heat
