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Global and Local Winds

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Across
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Take traders back to Europe
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Areas where there is high temperature have ____ pressure
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Hemisphere where winds curve to the right
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Causes winds to travel in a curved path rather than a straight line
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Areas where the temperature is cooler have ____ pressure
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Wind belts that extend from the poles to 60 latitude in both directions
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Creates wind
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Winds that move across the Earth and travel farther distances
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Moving air
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Winds move in this pattern or direction
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Narrow belts of high-speed winds that blow in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
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Warmer air creates an area of ____ pressure
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Type of breeze where the air moves from the land to the ocean
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Hemisphere where winds curve to the left
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Unequal _____ of Earth causes differences in air pressure
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Type of breeze where the air moves from the sea to the land
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Trade winds of the northern and southern hemispheres meet in an area of low pressure around the equator-very little wind
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Cooler air creates an area of ____ pressure
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Circular cell patterns caused by the rising and sinking of air
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The curving of moving objects, such as wind, by Earth's rotation
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Air moves from areas of _____ to ____
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Type of wind that blow from 30 latitude to the equator and brought traders from Europe to the Americas
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Winds that move short distances and can blow in any direction