What is Wind?

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What is wind?

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Wind is the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.

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True or False: The area around the equator is a low pressure zone.

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True

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What happens to cool air?

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Cool air sinks.

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What happens to warm air?

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Warm air rises.

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What do we call a fast-moving global wind that wraps around the world in both hemispheres?

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Jet Stream.

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What are Hadley cells?

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Hadley cells are convection cells that bring heat from the equator up through the latitudes.

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What direction do land breezes blow?

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Land breezes blow from land to sea.

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What is the Coriolis effect?

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The Coriolis effect is the deflection of moving objects caused by the rotation of the Earth.

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What are trade winds?

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Trade winds are steady winds that flow from east to west near the equator.

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What is atmospheric pressure?

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Atmospheric pressure is the force exerted by the weight of air above a surface.

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