Do you know your Winds?
Raise your hand and no foldables!
What creates wind?
Differences
in
air pressure
What causes the
differences in air
pressure?
Uneven heating
of
the Earth’s surface
What two types or
categories of winds are
there?
Global winds
&
Local winds
What wind am I?
I’m found in the UPPER troposphere & LOWER
stratosphere
I am narrow belts of high speed winds
My winds blow at over 300 mph
I am important to pilots and weather people
I AM THE JET STREAM
LAND BREEZE
What wind am I?
1. How do you know that . . . Explain it!
2. Can you explain WHY this is happening?
What wind am I?
I’m in an area of high pressure
I’m found along the 300 North and 300 South latitudes
I am weak!
I am named for letting the Pony’s frolic in the oceans
I AM THE HORSE
LATITUDES
MOUNTAIN
BREEZE
What wind am I?
1. How do you know that . . . Explain it!
2. Can you explain WHY this is happening?
What wind am I?
I AM THE
POLAR
EASTERLIES
What wind am I?
I start in the WEST and blow EAST.
I’m found between the 300 and 600 latitudes in both
hemispheres
I helped traders RETURN to Europe.
You live in my wind belt!!!
I AM THE WESTERLIES
SEA BREEZE
What wind am I?
1. How do you know that . . . Explain it!
2. Can you explain WHY this is happening?
What wind am I?
I am found in an area of low pressure.
I am found near the equator.
I don’t have a lot of energy – so very little wind.
My name means “Foolish” & sailors avoided me!
I AM THE DOLDRUMS
VALLEY BREEZE
What wind am I?
1. How do you know that . . . Explain it!
2. Can you explain WHY this is happening?
What wind am I?
I AM THE
TRADE
WINDS
What wind am I?
I start in the EAST and blow WEST. (NE to SW)
I am cold.
I am found between the POLES and 600 latitudes in
both hemispheres
I AM THE
POLAR EASTERLIES
Why don’t the winds
blow in a straight line?
The
Coriolis Effect
What wind am I?
I start in the EAST and blow WEST.
I blow from 300 to the equator in both hemispheres.
I was used by early traders to sail from Europe to the
Americas.
I AM THE
TRADE WINDS
What wind am I?
I AM THE
DOLDRUMS