1. What effect does air pressure have on wind movement? 2. What happens to the density of air as it is heated?

3. It’s a hot, sunny morning in a coastal town in South Florida. Warm air is rising up from the land. Large, puffy clouds are forming overhead. Which way do you think the wind will be moving this afternoon, and what do you think will happen to the temperature?

1. The lower the air pressure the faster the wind the higher the air pressure the slower the winds

2. When the heat of the air increases the density of the air decreases.

3. The air above the ocean will, therefore, be warmer and of low pressure than that over land which will be cooler and of relatively higher pressure. Winds will, therefore, blow seawards because winds blow from high to low-pressure systems.

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