What is the movement of air and water?

The atmosphere is the superhighway in the sky that moves water everywhere over the Earth. Water at the Earth’s surface evaporates into water vapor which rises up into the sky to become part of a cloud which will float off with the winds, eventually releasing water back to Earth as precipitation.

What is the wind movement of air?

Wind is the movement of air, caused by the uneven heating of the Earth by the sun and the Earth’s own rotation. Winds range from light breezes to natural hazards such as hurricanes and tornadoes.

What are the types of wind?

This classification is based on the periodicity of occurrence and location of occurrence.

• Primary Wind or Planetary Wind.
• Secondary Wind or Periodic Wind.
• Tertiary Wind or Local Wind.
• Trade Winds.
• The Westerlies.
• Polar Easterlies.
• Monsoon Winds.
• Land Breeze and Sea Breeze.

What is called horizontal movement of air?

Wind is the horizontal movement of air across Earth’s surface.

What are the two types of air movement?

a) Movement of air due to differences in temperature between two locations is known as convection or advection. Convection is the term commonly applied to vertical movement of air, whilst advection is used in the context of horizontal displacement of air.

What is wind explain the type of wind?

Wind can be described as the movement of air from the high-pressure area to the low-pressure area. There are many types of wind such as permanent, seasonal and local winds. A wind is named after the direction from which it blows, e.g. the wind blowing from the west is called westerly.

Is wind horizontal movement of air?

Wind is the horizontal movement of air across Earth’s surface. Its speed is measured with an anemometer (a device with cups that are pushed by the wind -mph) and Wind direction is detected with a Wind vane (a flat blade that is directed by the wind, 33′ above ground).

What causes air movement between the land and the ocean?

As the temperature of the surface of the land rises, the land heats the air above it by convection. The air above the sea has a relatively higher pressure, causing air near the coast to flow towards the lower pressure over land.