Winds Vocabulary

1. Movement of air parallel to Earth’s surface; from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

• Wind

• Anemometer

• Windchill factor

What is an Anemometer?

• Blow front the Horse Latitudes towards the equator.

• 1. A calm area where warm air rises and they occur near the equator.

• A tool used to measure wind speed.

1. The increased cooling that a wind can cause.

• Wind Vane

• Windchill Factor

• Global Winds

Local winds are defined as...

• 1. winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances.

• Winds that blow over short distances.

During the day, land heats up faster than water causing air over the land to rise and expand. Denser ocean air moves into the area of low pressure producing a sea breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

At night, when land cools faster than water, warm air rises over the ocean, and cooler air flows in.

• Sea Breeze

• Land Breeze

Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances.

• Global Winds

• Local winds

What is the Coriolis Effect?

• winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances.

• The way Earth’s rotation makes winds curve.

• A calm area where warm air rises and they occur near the equator.

A calm area where warm air rises and they occur near the equator.

• Altitude

• Doldrums

• Easterlies

Two  calm areas of sinking air.  It occurs in 30 degrees North and South latitudes

• Doldrums

• Horse Latitudes

• Altitude

• Easterlies