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AIR MOVEMENT

AIR MOVEMENT. http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/wind/ LogIn: palmbeach PW: palmbeach. AIR MOVEMENT. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuw8wOhAjOg&feature=related. AIR MOVEMENT. Polar easterlies- winds at both poles to 60 º - Moves east to west

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AIR MOVEMENT

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  1. AIR MOVEMENT http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/wind/ LogIn: palmbeach PW: palmbeach

  2. AIR MOVEMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuw8wOhAjOg&feature=related

  3. AIR MOVEMENT Polar easterlies- winds at both poles to 60º - Moves east to west Prevailing Westerlies- winds from 60° to 30° - Moves west to east Trade winds- winds from 30° to the equator- Moves east to west

  4. AIR MOVEMENT http://uccpbank.k12hsn.org/courses/APEnvironmentalScience/course%20files/multimedia/lesson21/animations/2d_Air_Movement.html

  5. AIR MOVEMENT CLOSE TO EARTH Read/Complete “Factors of Weather: Air Movement Close to Earth”, pp. 18-19

  6. AIR MOVEMENT AIR MOVEMENT IN THE UPPER TROPOSPHERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itj-x1XhzQo&feature=related

  7. AIR MOVEMENT Jet stream- air movement and rotation of the earth create large circular wind systems- flow east to west http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/jetstream_animation_page.htm

  8. AIR MOVEMENT Read “Factors of Weather: Air Movement in the Upper Troposphere”, pp. 21-22

  9. AIR MOVEMENT LAND & SEA BREEZES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmIVRgaKmsc&feature=fvwrel http://www.accuweather.com/video/77422659001/land-and-sea-breeze.asp?channel=weatherwhys1 http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1903/es1903page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

  10. AIR MOVEMENT LAND & SEA BREEZES Wind- horizontal movement of air from one place to another http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/wind/

  11. AIR MOVEMENT LAND & SEA BREEZES Sea breeze- cooler air above water moves in to take the place of warm land air that is rising---blows onto land (DAY) Land Breeze- warmer air rises above water and is replaced by cooling air from above the land---blows onto water (NIGHT)

  12. AIR MOVEMENT Read/Complete “Factors of Weather: Air Movement: Local Winds” pp. 23-25 http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1903/es1903page01.cfm

  13. AIR MOVEMENT Wind Vane- an instrument used to measure wind direction WIND VANE/ANEMOMETER Anemometer- an instrument used to measure wind speed

  14. AIR MOVEMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6_atYdrzFw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3uanOS2Bq0&NR=1 Wind Vanes & Anemometers http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/weather/wind_video2.html

  15. AIR MOVEMENT Read/Complete “Measuring Wind: A Wind Vane & An Anemometer” pp. 26-28

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