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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 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
AIR MOVEMENT
http://uccpbank.k12hsn.org/courses/APEnvironmentalScience/course%20files/multimedia/lesson21/animations/2d_Air_Movement.html
AIR MOVEMENT CLOSE TO EARTH
Read/Complete “Factors of Weather: Air Movement Close to Earth”, pp. 18-19
AIR MOVEMENTAIR MOVEMENT IN THE UPPER
TROPOSPHERE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itj-x1XhzQo&feature=related
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
AIR MOVEMENTLAND & SEA BREEZES
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1903/es1903page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
http://www.accuweather.com/video/77422659001/land-and-sea-breeze.asp?channel=weatherwhys1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmIVRgaKmsc&feature=fvwrel
AIR MOVEMENTLAND & SEA BREEZES
Wind- horizontal movement of air from one place to another
http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/wind/
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)
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
AIR MOVEMENT
WIND VANE/ANEMOMETER
Wind Vane- an instrument used to measure wind direction
Anemometer- an instrument used to measure wind speed
AIR MOVEMENTWind Vanes & Anemometers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6_atYdrzFw&feature=related
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/weather/wind_video2.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3uanOS2Bq0&NR=1
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