🔍 Key Concepts

• Energy source that drives atmospheric circulation • How heat enters the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans • Difference between a direct source of weather and something that only influences it

💭 Think About

• Which option actually provides the original energy that powers winds, storms, and weather patterns on Earth? • Do the moon or oceans create energy themselves, or do they mainly redistribute or respond to energy from somewhere else? • Is the entire solar system a focused energy source, or is one specific object mainly responsible for heating Earth?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choice is the direct main energy source for Earth’s atmosphere • Ask: Which of these options warms the land, air, and oceans, causing evaporation and convection? • Eliminate options that mainly modify or redistribute energy instead of producing the bulk of it