Student Handout: Forces and Planetary Winds

Atmospheric winds are movements of air caused by pressure differences. Explore planetary and stellar winds, applying Newton’s Laws to understand gravitational forces in planetary atmospheres.

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Topics

  • atmospheric winds
  • solar system
  • types of wins
  • meteorology
  • astrophysics
  • planetary science
  • SP2
  • SP5
  • HS-PS3-3
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.1
  • Newton's Laws
  • Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation
  • Newton’s third law of motion
  • atmospheric wind
  • escape velocity
  • exoplanet
  • gravity
  • planetary wind
  • stellar wind