Seasons and Wind Movement
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| show | A sea breeze happens during the day. The land heats up faster, which makes its pressure lower. Since the water has higher pressure, the wind moves from the water to the land because wind always moves from areas of high pressure to low pressure.
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| Explain what happens during a land breeze. | show 🗑
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| show | the tilt of the Earth
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| Why would two points at the same latitude have similar climates? | show 🗑
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| show | Land heats and cools faster than water, so during the day the land will be warmer. At night, the water will be warmer since it holds in heat longer.
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| How does wind move? | show 🗑
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| show | land breeze
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| What causes wind systems? | show 🗑
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| type of air that is less dense | show 🗑
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| show | Coriolis Effect (Earth's rotation on its axis)
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| How is wind formed? | show 🗑
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| show | sea breeze (Hint: You can "sea" during the day.)
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| show | cold
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| How does air move in a convection current? | show 🗑
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| show | warm
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| What cools and heats more quickly---land or water? | show 🗑
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| show | pressure
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| show | water
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| show | The sun strikes it more directly because of the tilt of the Earth.
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| show | land breeze and sea breeze
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| invisible line around which an object spins or rotates | show 🗑
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| What does the Earth's rotation cause? | show 🗑
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| show | 24 hours (one day)
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| show | revolution
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| How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the sun? | show 🗑
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| show | 23.5 degrees
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| two things that work together to cause seasons | show 🗑
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| What would happen if the Earth were not tilted? | show 🗑
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| show | Northern and Western
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| Summer occurs in the hemisphere tilted _____________ the sun. | show 🗑
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| What area on the Earth gets more direct sunlight? | show 🗑
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| What areas on the Earth get the least amount of sunlight? | show 🗑
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