Weather forecasters, aviators, sailors, and some other people often need to know exactly how hard the wind is blowing. To find out, they use an instrument called an anemometer (an uh MAHM uh tuhr)....
How hard is the wind blowing?
A gentle breeze ruffles your hair. A strong breeze may turn your umbrella inside out. On these pages you will find out how to tell how hard the wind is blowing by watching what it does. And you will...
The moving air
When the air seems calm, and you can't feel a wind, it doesn't mean that the wind has stopped blowing everywhere. For there isn't just one wind, there are many. In one place, there may be a soft...
What makes wind blow?
The wind moves over the land. It sways the tops of tall grass in meadows and sets leaves a-rustle in the woods. It scatters the smoke from chimneys. It lifts up limp flags and makes them flap. It...
Air can push!
You're like a fish living at the bottom of the ocean. But you live at the bottom of an ocean of air! Miles (kilometers) of water are piled up above the fish, and miles of air are piled up above you. ...
Where the air came from
Scientists think the earth's atmosphere has changed during the billions of years since the earth was formed. At first, the atmosphere was probably very different from what it is now. It began to...
Why is the sky blue?
I don't suppose you happen to know Why the sky is blue? It's because the snow Takes out the white. That leaves it clean For the trees and grass to take out the green. Then pears and bananas start to...
Is air something?
live without it. Almost every kind of animal and plant in the world must have oxygen or it will die. Only about one-fifth of the air is made up of oxygen. Most of the air---nearly four-fifths of...
A wrapper of air
Long ago, people believed that the sky was a shiny metal roof stretched over the earth! Now, of course, we know what the sky really is. It's simply air---a covering of air around the earth. Air is...
Air, Wind, Clouds, and Weather
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