• Question: how is wind made

    Asked by cheese2000 to Faye, Martin, Mus, Pete on 26 Apr 2012.
    • Photo: Pete Etchells

      Pete Etchells answered on 26 Apr 2012:


      Great question! Wind is basically caused by differences in the pressure of air. When high and low pressure air are next to each other, the gases in the air will get accelerated from the higher to the lower pressure area. On a huge scale across the world, lots of little instances of this eventually cause wind systems to form.

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