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| Name: | wind |
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| Description: | Wind is simply air in motion. It is caused by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface by the sun. Because the Earth's surface is made of very different types of land and water, it absorbs the sun's heat at different rates. One example of this uneven heating can be found in the daily wind cycle |
| Type: | Noun |
| Term is: | Variable | | Term has: | Unit | | Term unit: | m/s | |
