Monday, February 28, 2022

Why is the weather what it is where it is?

Watch this video and answer the following questions in your notebook.

Why does air flow from the poles to the equator?
Why does it rain so much at the equator?
Why does are their two large bands of desert just north and south of the equator?


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Check out ventusky. Does the wind and pressure systems there look like what'd we would expect?

We need to include another phenomena to explain the way the wind blows. How about this one?

What is the Coriolis effect?
What causes the Coriolis effect?
How does the Coriolis effect change our climate?