Consider the following statements regarding the distribution and pattern of isotherms:1. In the Northern Hemisphere, isotherms bend shaply equatorward over the continents during winter.2. Temperature gradients are greater in summer than in winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Which of the statement (s) given above is/are correct?

Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface.

Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few hours, to global winds resulting from the difference in absorption of solar energy between the climate zones on Earth.