6.6 Winds

What causes wind?

• Differences in air pressure causing the air to move

• Giant Birds flying in the sky

• The increased cooling caused from the sun

• Wind

The movement of air parallel to the Earth's surface is called...

• Windchill

• Flying Air

• Wind

• Pressure

Winds move from

• Downtown

• Areas of high pressure to lower pressure

• Areas of low pressure to higher pressure

• Windsurfing

Select all that apply:

Winds are described by their

• Direction

• Sound

• Whistle Song

• Speed

An instrument that determines the wind direction is called a/an

• Anemometer

• Wind Vane

• Wind Pipe

• Thermometer

The name of the wind tells you where the wind is

• coming from

• going to

An instrument used to measure wind speed

• Thermometer

• Wind Vane

• Lungs

• Anemometer

The increased cooling that a wind can cause is called

• Elsactic Freeze

• Pressure

• Windchill factor

• Land Breeze

The unequal heating of Earth's surface within a small area causes

• Jealous Wind

• Local Winds

• Windchill factor

• Science

A local wind that blows FROM an ocean or lake

• land breeze

• sea breeze

• wet winds

• California cooling