Wind/global Winds Flashcards
What do weather and climate involve?
The transfer of energy in and out of the atmosphere.
What is air?
A substance that surrounds us, takes up space, and whose movement we feel as wind.
What heats land masses, oceans, and air?
Solar radiation.
Wind is the result of…
Horizontal differences in air pressure.
Wind is the movement of..
Air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
warm air rises, creating…
Low air pressure at earths surface.
Cool air sinks, creating..
High air pressure at earths surface.
Colder air from the poles tend to…
Sink and move towards the equator closer to the surface of the sun.
warm air from the equator…
Rises and moves towards the poles high in the atmosphere because it is lighter.
What changes the direction of wind and other objects moving over earth?
Earths rotation.
What are jet streams?
Narrow belts of high speed WINDS that blow in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere.
What do jet streams do?
They separate warm air from cold air.
Jet streams usually flow from..
West to east.
