Solar Energy
The driving energy source for heating of the Earth
Land
Absorbs and releases heat quickly
water
Absorbs and releases heat slowly
Unequal heating
The reason we have convection currents in areas to create global winds
tropical
Region of Earth that starts at the equator (0�) and extends to about 30�N latitude
temperate
Region of Earth that starts at the equator and extends from 30�N latitude to 60�N
polar
Region of Earth that starts at the equator and extends from 60�N latitude to 90�N
Trade Winds
Winds that blow hurricanes westward toward the USA
Westerly Winds
These global winds cause hurricanes to turn away from the USA
Jet Streams
Fast moving ribbons of air that move from west to east in the Northern Hemisphere