What makes wind?

Question

What makes wind?

Answer 1

think of it this way.

air has weight to it and hot and cold air has a different weight

now think of a low and high pressure area, the air weighs different, so the heavier air that falls to the ground is wind

Answer 2

when trees sneeze and mountains f**t.

Answer 3

Temperature differences make wind. In fact, temperature differences make all weather. If the Earth weren't heated unevenly, we wouldn't have weather in the first place!

Keep in mind that temperature and pressure are directly related (think ideal gas law from Chemistry, pv=nrT, where p = pressure and T = temperature).

Wind is simply air molecules moving from one place to another.

Answer 4

These are all things that make wind:

1. Spinning of the Earth (really!)

2. Cooling/heating of the Earths surfaces

3. Movement of weather systems (winds blow from high pressure systems to low pressure systems)

4. Taco Bell

Answer 5

Air is wind which is a form of gas.  Gas can take up space just as air takes up space in a balloon.  Climate changes force air to move in different directions.

Answer 6

Air in motion is called wind.The pressure gradient force makes air to flow from a high pressure area to a low pressure area.So, normally pressure difference between two places makes the wind.

Answer 7

The air above the ground is heated more in the tropics and less so in the polar regions.  Warm air rises and cold air sinks.  The cold air moves south to replace the warm air rising in the tropics and the warm air moves north to replace the cold air moving south towards the tropics.  Basically what you have is a convective cell.  This is what causes wind to blow and it the prime mover of weather patterns.

Answer 8

Big comfy got it right...

Answer 9

There are a few factors that make wind, but generally wind occurs from differences in air pressure in various locations. Air that is in an area with high pressure will be pushed out into an area with lower pressure. That moving air is wind.