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What causes wind?

differences in air pressure
decreases in air temperature
the occurrence of the Coriolis effect
the even heating of Earth’s atmosphere

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Differences in air pressure.

Wind is air moving from higher-pressure areas toward lower-pressure areas (the pressure-gradient force). Temperature differences help create those pressure differences; the Coriolis effect alters wind direction, and perfectly even heating would produce little or no wind.