Convection Currents

What are convection currents?

• Winds in the atmosphere

• The heat energy transfer between two parts of a fluid of different temperature

• Land and sea breeze

• Global winds

What three places does convection currents happen?

• Ocean

• Land

• Atmosphere

• Earth's Mantle

True or False: High pressure is cold air

• True

• False

A _____ is when wind blows from land to the ocean; _____ happens at night

What causes wind and ocean currents?

• The Earth

• Mars

• Unequal heating of the sun

• The Moon

True or False: Low pressure is when the air is cold.

• True

• False

What are the two breezes we get hear in the valley?

• Valley Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

• Mountain Breeze

_____ is the salt in the ocean or land.

Earths atmospheric convection currents cause...

• Cyclones

• Global Winds

• Hurricanes

• Thunderstorms

What ocean breeze happens during the day?