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Global Winds

Global Winds. By: Mr. Hunter. Air rushes out of a bicycle tire when you unscrew the valve. Explain why this happens. Air rushes out of the tire because…. … air moves from an area of _____ pressure to an area of _____ pressure. What causes us to have wind?.

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Global Winds

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  1. Global Winds By: Mr. Hunter

  2. Air rushes out of a bicycle tire when you unscrew the valve. Explain why this happens.

  3. Air rushes out of the tire because… … air moves from an area of _____ pressure to an area of _____ pressure.

  4. What causes us to have wind? The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure causes wind.

  5. AND…. Differences in air pressure are caused by the unequal heating of the Earth’s surface.

  6. Label pressure belts.

  7. Draw convection cells.

  8. Label each of these global winds in a different color. • Polar Easterlies • Westerlies • Trade Winds • The Doldrums • The Horse Latitudes

  9. Write one important fact about each different global wind.

  10. 1. Where are the trade winds? 30 degrees north and south latitudes to the equator • 2. Describe the motion of the trade winds in the southern hemisphere. • They move from SE to NW • 3. How do the westeries flow in the northern hemisphere? They flow from SW to NE • 4. If the trade winds carried traders from Europe to the Americas, what wind system carried traders back to Europe? Westerlies

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