EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Wind results from a horizontal difference in air pressure and since the sun heats different parts of the Earth differently, causing pressure differences, the Sun is the driving force for most winds.

Detailed explanation-2: -While high winds are commonly associated with severe thunderstorms, hurricanes and nor’easters, they may also occur as a result of differences in air pressures, such as when a cold front passes across the area. Large winter storms occasionally produce high winds over central Florida.

Detailed explanation-3: -Areas of high and low pressure are caused by ascending and descending air. As air warms it ascends, leading to low pressure at the surface. As air cools it descends, leading to high pressure at the surface.

Detailed explanation-4: -Air flowing from zones of high pressure to zones of low pressure causes winds, just like the way air gushes from a punctured tire or balloon.

Detailed explanation-5: -Winds blow with greater velocities if the pressure difference is greater.