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What is the sun's role in convection? The sun's role in convection is to heat up an object to transfer the heat from one object to another but by liquid or gas. Like for example boiling water in a pan. The pan heats up the bottom of the water. The warmer water then moves to the top of the pan, while the cooler water sinks. Then the air heats or warms up.

How do global winds and the jet stream affect weather and climate conditions? Global winds affect weather because of air circulation that moves across Earth. They travel longer than some other winds to. And jet streams affect weather because they heat up the atmosphere which causes a warm or hot weather for us.
Pretend that you are a sailor traveling around the world. Which wind patterns would

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