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Section 16-3
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Explain what you think causes WIND.
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Caused by a difference in AIR PRESSURE
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Horizontal movement of air from an area of High Pressure to an area of Low Pressure
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Measured with an Anemometer
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Blow over short distances Form only when no other winds are blowing from farther away. Caused by unequal heating of Earth’s surface.
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Winds are named by where they come FROM
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Seasonal Land and Sea Breezes which occur annually
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250 cm = 98 in PA = 41 per year, about 3 per month
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Caused by the movement of air from the poles to the equator
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Near the Equator Warm air is rising, so there is little or no wind
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Winds curve because of the spinning of the earth
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