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"After the land and water absorb solar energy, several mechanisms of energy transfer a role in heating the air. On mechanism is *conduction*.. It is the energetic molecules from the land and water collide with molecules in the air that are close to the surface. There collisions transfer energy from the earths surface to the air. The temperature of the land or water beneath it. Then *convection* occurs as the air circulates and distributes the heat. as the lowest layer of air warms it expands , becoming less dense. so as the warm air rises and cooler air descends and takes its place close to the ground"

straight from Science Focus 10 textbook page 380

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