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Jun 2022
43m 58s

What is wind?

Melissa and Jam, Bleav
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#138

Wind is everywhere, we've all experienced it: soft breezes, strong gusts, cold fronts, warm fronts. But what is wind? What starts it? Where does it come from, and where does it go? And who am I to blow against the wind?

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References from this episode

  1. Natural Disasters - Patrick L. Abbott
  2. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/adventures-in-chemistry/experiments/aware-of-the-air.html#:~:text=The%20air%20is%20made%20up,dioxide%2C%20and%20some%20other%20gases
  3. https://scijinks.gov/wind/
  4. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/wind
  5. https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/k-8/inquiry-in-action/kindergarten/k-l1.4-bkgd.pdf
  6. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/k-8/inquiryinaction/kindergarten/chapter-1/what-is-wind.html
  7. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/wind/



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