What is wind?

Wind is air moving from one place to another, just like when you push a toy car and it rolls across the floor.

Imagine you're outside on a sunny day, and you feel something gently pushing your hair back, that's wind! It happens because the air gets warm and starts to move. When the sun shines on the ground, it heats up the air right above it, making it lighter and causing it to rise. As this warm air moves up, cooler air from nearby rushes in to take its place, just like when you blow out a candle and fresh air comes in.

Air is made of tiny invisible particles, kind of like the pieces of a puzzle. When these particles move together in a group, they create wind. Sometimes the wind is soft, like a whisper, and sometimes it’s strong enough to make leaves fly around or even push a boat across the water.

You can feel wind all day long, when you're riding your bike, playing with a kite, or just walking outside on a breezy day!