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Local Winds: Formation and Causes

Wind is the horizontal movement of air caused by differences in temperature and pressure, moving from high to low pressure areas. Local winds, such as sea breezes and land breezes, occur due to unequal heating of the Earth's surface, particularly near large bodies of water. During the day, land heats up faster than water, causing warm air to rise and cooler air to move in, while the opposite occurs at night.

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Local Winds: Formation and Causes

Wind is the horizontal movement of air caused by differences in temperature and pressure, moving from high to low pressure areas. Local winds, such as sea breezes and land breezes, occur due to unequal heating of the Earth's surface, particularly near large bodies of water. During the day, land heats up faster than water, causing warm air to rise and cooler air to move in, while the opposite occurs at night.

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Usingwhat you know

about CONVECTION how


do you think wind is
formed?
 A wind is the horizontal movement of air
from an area of high pressure to an area of
low pressure.
 Wind is caused by differences in air
temperature and pressure. As hot and
cold air move from one place to another it
attempts to equalize pressure.

◦ Sometimes other factors can cause wind to


blow differently than this expected pattern.
 Local winds are breezes that
blow over SHORT distances.
 Local winds are caused by

unequal heating of Earth's


Surface within a small area.
 This usually happens near a

large body of water.


 During the daytime, the sun
heats the land and the water.
 The land heats up faster, so the

air above the land gets warmer


and rises.
 The cooler air from the sea
 In the evening, the sun sets.
 The land and the water cool off, but the
land cools faster than the water.
 The water is then warmer than the land.
 The warmer air over the sea rises and
the cooler air above the land rushes in
to take its place.
Answer the question
using these words.
WORD BANK
•Convection current
•Low pressure
•High pressure
•Sun
•Heat/Cold
•Clouds/water cycle
•Wind

[Link]
alizations/es1903/[Link]?chapter_no=visualization
 Label one side of your paper Night – Land Breeze and
one Day – Sea Breeze
 For both pictures, draw the land and water.
 Using your notes, decide where it is warm and cold
(over the land and sea)
 Draw the arrows showing the movement of the air
(wind)
 Label the low pressure and the high pressure
 Use Blue to show cold and red to show warm
 Describe what’s happening in each picture using the
following key words.

Land Less dense


Land less dense Convection current
Sea More dense
more dense Sea
Cool air Rushes
Cool air rushes
Warm air Low pressure area
Warm air low pressure area
More dense

Less dense

More dense

Less dense

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