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Kelly Caflin
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Wind

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Multiple Choice
The world likes most things in nature to be
equal and balanced
full of as much particles as possible
as cold as possible
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Multiple Choice
If the world is not equal,
the world will hope humans can fix it
the world will try to fix it to make it equal
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Each green dot represents an air particle. Think: Is there equilibrium in this example?
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Multiple Choice
Is there EQUILIBRIUM in this example?
Yes, the two boxes are equal
No, the two boxes are not equal
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Open Ended
What could nature do to make these equal?
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Air pressure is the weight of air pushing on Earth
Think: Which of these will weigh more: cold air or hot air?
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Multiple Choice
Cold air has
lower air pressure
higher air pressure
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How is wind created
--is there equilibrium?
--how might the world fix this?
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Multiple Choice
Why did the air move
the air pressure was not in equilibrium
the temperature was in equilibrium
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Multiple Choice
Which has lower air pressure? the hot air or the cold air?
hot air
cold air
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Multiple Choice
How did nature try to solve the problem that the air pressures were different?
It heated up the air that was over the ice to make the particles spread out
it moved air particles from the location of high pressure to the location of low pressure
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Multiple Choice
The earth is not heated evenly. This means the air above the earth is not heated evenly. This uneven heating causes a difference in
elevation
river speed
chemical composition
air pressure
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Multiple Choice
Therefore, local winds is caused by the
Revolution of the Earth around the sun
The distance of the sun from the Earth
the uneven heating of the Earth
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Multiple Choice
On a map, High pressure is represented by
H
H
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Multiple Choice
On a map, Low pressure is represented by a
L
L
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