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Why Does the Wind Blow?

Why Does the Wind Blow?. View as a slide show to see animations (press F5 on the keyboard). Land heats up faster than water. Land and water have similar temperatures before sunrise. Cool. Warm. When the sun rises, the land heats up more rapidly than the water.

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Why Does the Wind Blow?

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  1. Why Does the Wind Blow? View as a slide show to see animations (press F5 on the keyboard)

  2. Land heats up faster than water. Land and water have similar temperatures before sunrise Cool Warm When the sun rises, the land heats up more rapidly than the water.

  3. Air is affected by the surface temperature Warm Air Cool Air Cool water Warm land

  4. Warm air rises due to lower density, and cool air moves in to replace it. More cool air moves in Warm air Newly warmed air Cool air

  5. This movement of air is called wind!

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