Air Pressure

BELL-RINGER: NAME AND DESCRIBE THREE

TYPES OF CLOUDS

What is air pressure?

Pressure

caused by the weight of the air

Barometer
Measures

air pressure

What causes wind?

Wind

is due to differences in air

pressure

Moves

from high pressure to low

pressure

Unequal

heating of the Earth causes

pressure differences

3 Factors Control Wind

Pressure
Coriolis
Friction

Differences

Effect

Pressure Difference
Greater

pressure difference = greater winds

Isobars: lines that

connect equal air
pressures

Coriolis Effect
Change

due to Earths rotation

Friction
Slows
Jet

air movement

streams are fast-moving rivers of air that

travel between 120 and 240 kilometers per
hour in a west-to-east direction.

Friction