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As you may or may not know, there are areas of high and low pressure all over the Earth. Just as water moves from high to low concentration in osmosis, air moves from high pressure to low pressure. This movement is called wind.
Wind is caused on the Earth because of the Sun. The Sun heats up the mantle of the Earth and this makes the warmer air rise above the cooler air. This causes a space that needs to be replaced. Cooler air rushes in to replace this void and "Wind" occurs. Wind is caused also by the same cooling pattern by taking the warmer air around the equator and moving it towards the poles, usually in the form of tropical storms or hurricanes and taking this heat and transferring it to cooler regions.
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∙ 16y agoThe Earth spins becaus of gravity; the wind blows because of air currents created by the atomosphere. They are two different things.
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Does trade wind cause earths rotation?
Earth's rotation causes the trade winds, in a way. If Earth didn't rotate, the wind at these latitudes would blow straight from the subtropical highs to the ITCZ.
Does the earths rotation make prevailing winds go north and south or east and west?
Prevailing winds move from North to South because cold, dense air in the poles moves towards the equator where it is warmer (it moves from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure). Because of the Earth's rotation, it causes air moving towards the poles to curve to the east and wind moving away from the poles to curve to the west.
The way Earth's rotation makes wind curve is called what?
It's called the 'Coriolis effect'. In the northern hemisphere, they rotate clockwise. South of the equator, they rotate counter-clockwise.
What cause wind to be deflected to the right or the left as they from high pressure to low pressure?
Winds are deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere because of the earths rotation.
What is it called when the earth makes wind blow in a curve?
Its the Coriolis effect. In fact, the wind is trying to blow straight and the earth is turning under it in a circular motion. The resulting path of the wind on the earth is a curved line.
How does earths rotation influence the movement of global winds?
The influence of earths rotation is called the Coriolis effect. The coriolis effect causes wind to curve instead of going in a straight line.
How does the rotation of the earth influence wind?
The influence of earths rotation is called the Coriolis effect. The coriolis effect causes wind to curve instead of going in a straight line.
How does the rotation of the earth influence the global wind?
The influence of earths rotation is called the Coriolis effect. The coriolis effect causes wind to curve instead of going in a straight line.
When the paths of wind and ocean currents curve because of earths rotation it's called the?
Coriolis effect and your mom
What is the way earth's rotation makes wind curve is called?
The rotation of the earth results in what is known as the Coriolus Effect.
What direction does the Earths rotation make the prevailing winds curve?
The Earth's rotation affects all winds, prevailing or otherwise. In the northern hemisphere the Earth's rotation cause wind to curve to the right. It curves winds to the left in the southern hemisphere.
How how does Earth's rotation influence the movement of global winds?
The influence of earths rotation is called the Coriolis effect. The coriolis effect causes wind to curve instead of going in a straight line.
Wind direction is determined by the Earths rotation?
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How does a convetion current cause wind?
Earths rapid rotation and gravity interact to cause wind.
What is the shift in the wind direction that causes the earths rotation?
Coriolis effect
When the paths of wind and ocean currents seem to curve because of the earths rotation is called the?
It's called the 'Coriolis effect'. In the northern hemisphere, they rotate clockwise. South of the equator, they rotate counter-clockwise.
When the paths of wind and ocean currents seem to curve because of the earths rotation is called?
It's called the 'Coriolis effect'. In the northern hemisphere, they rotate clockwise. South of the equator, they rotate counter-clockwise.
