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Section 16-3.  Explain what you think causes WIND.

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1 Section 16-3

2  Explain what you think causes WIND.

3  Caused by a difference in AIR PRESSURE

4  Horizontal movement of air from an area of High Pressure to an area of Low Pressure

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7  Measured with an Anemometer

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9  Blow over short distances  Form only when no other winds are blowing from farther away.  Caused by unequal heating of Earth’s surface.

10  Winds are named by where they come FROM

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13  Seasonal Land and Sea Breezes which occur annually

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21 250 cm = 98 in PA = 41 per year, about 3 per month

22  Caused by the movement of air from the poles to the equator

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24  Near the Equator  Warm air is rising, so there is little or no wind

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30  Winds curve because of the spinning of the earth

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34 http://www.kudzuacres.com/wwow/lessons/weather/Weather200 7notes.htm


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