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What is wind?
Large scale movement of air caused by differences in air pressure
Large scale movement of CO2 caused by differences in air pressure
Differences in air pressure are caused by...?
Differences in the earths rotation
Differences in temperature
Differences in rainfall
Differences in sea level
Winds move from...
high pressure to low pressure
low pressure to high pressure
Warm air...
sinks
rises
Cold air ...
sinks
rises
Where place experiences warm temperatures with clouds and rain?
The equator
The sub-tropical highs
The sub-polar lows
The polar highs
True or false - warm air rises, cools and condenses and forms clouds.
True
False
What are trade winds?
Surface winds blowing towards the equator
Atmospheric winds
Winds blowing away from the equator
Low pressure winds
Surface winds blowing towards the poles are called ...
westerlies
easterlies
southerlies
northerlies
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