Wind Currents:Uneven Heating between Equator and Poles Video Lecture | Class 7 Oxford Science: Chapter Notes, Worksheets & Tests

an even heating of the earth due to the
uneven heating between the equator and
the poles and uneven heating of land and
water wind currents are primarily
generated maximum heat from the Sun is
received by the regions close to the
equator
due to this the air in the region gets
warm the warm air rises and the cooler
air from the regions in the latitude
Belt from either side of the Equator
move in these winds low from north to
south of the equator air is colder at
the poles they are the latitudes about
10 degrees therefore the warm air at
these latitudes rises up cold air from
the poles Russia's own wind circulation
is set up in this way the winds would
flow in a north-south direction or in a
south - north direction rotation of the
earth may cause change in the direction
of winds during summer
land near the equator warms up faster
and the temperature of the land is high
most of the time than the oceans the air
over the land gets heated and Rises this
causes the wind to flow from oceans to
the land these are called as monsoon
winds the Arabic word for monsoon is
Muslim
which means season during winter the
direction of wind flow is reversed it
flows from the land to the ocean the
winds from the ocean carry water and
bring rain which is a part of the water
cycle the monsoon winds carry water and
hence it rains