Explain the process that creates wind.
Wind is caused by the unequal heating of Earth's surface by the sun. This temperature difference creates areas of different air pressure. Air naturally moves from areas of high pressure (where air is cooler) to areas of low pressure (where air is warmer), and this movement of air is what we call wind.
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doldrumspolar easterliesprevailing westerlies✔ trade winds
global windsland breeze✔ sea breeze
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✔ global windsland breezesea breeze
✔ doldrumspolar easterliesprevailing easterliestrade winds
doldrumspolar easterlies✔ prevailing westerliestrade winds
Which statements describe aspects of what causes wind to blow? Select two options.Wind is caused by differences in air pressure.Wind moves from low pressure areas to high pressure areas.Differences in air pressure are due to unequal heating.Differences in air pressure are caused by oceans.Wind is caused by the Coriolis effect.
Which statement about local and global winds is true?
For a vacation, you and your family fly east to west from Boston, Massachusetts, to Seattle, Washington. You notice that your flight back home to Boston is shorter than your flight to Seattle.Which phenomenon causes your flight home to be shorter?
You’re reading from the journal of a European explorer from the early 1600s. In one passage, the explorer describes sitting on the Atlantic Ocean with little wind. He describes the area as being quite far north of the equator and having high pressure.In which type of global wind was this explorer sailing?
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