Winds of the Earth

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Winds of the Earth
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Folding the Paper

• Lengthwise, fold the paper into three columns.
  Column 1 label Questions, Column 2 label
  Answers, and Column 3 label Illustrations.
• Widthwise, fold the paper into four rows. Fold
  your paper in half and then fold it in half once
  more.
• You should now have 3 columns and 4 rows, a total
  of 12 sections.

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Questions for Row 1-Wind

1. How is wind created?
2. What is a pressure gradient?
3. What determines the speed of the wind?
4. What determines the direction of the wind?

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Questions for Row 2- Breezes

1. During daytime at the beach, would air pressure
   be higher over the land or over the water?
   Explain.
2. What must be the atmospheric conditions to create
   a sea breeze? What time of day would this most
   likely occur and why?
3. What must be the atmospheric conditions to create
   a land breeze? What time of day would this most
   likely occur and why?

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Questions for Row 3- Monsoons

1. What is a monsoon?
2. Monsoons are part of the normal climate patterns
   for India. Why?
3. What do monsoons and sea breezes have in common?
   What makes them different?

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Questions for Row 4-Global winds

1. The air at the poles has the highest pressures.
   Why?
2. The air near the equator has the lowest
   pressures. Why?
3. Air flows from high to low pressure. Why then
   does air from the poles not flow directly to the
   equator? What causes its path to change?
4. What are the two global prevailing winds that
   influence the weather and climate of the U.S.?