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How is ‘heat balance’ achieved?
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For life to exist on Earth, the heat budget must remain balanced. The sun's beams do not warm every section of the planet equally since the world revolves on its axis. This affects the distribution of heat on Earth and initiates a number of processes. The earth's surface radiates heat, which directly warms the air layers above it. We refer to this as conduction. Heat moves from one medium or level to another as a result of the air and water circulation in oceans. Convection is the term for this heat transfer by circulatory movement.
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