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• What causes local winds like land and sea breezes?

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Local Winds (page 47)

• Caused by uneven heating of the Earths surface
• Land breeze
• Sea breeze

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Sea Breeze
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Global Winds

• Some wind patterns occur across the entire planet
• Caused by the Coriolis Effect

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Coriolis Effect

• As Earth rotates east, winds appear to be
  deflected
• Wind really travels in a straight line
• The Earth spinning underneath causes wind to seem
  like it is moving