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Name: Ryeve G.
Status: student
Age: 13
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Date: 8/28/2004
Question:
Does wind have weight?

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Ryeve,

Wind does not have weight, but the air that wind moves does have mass and thus weight. The wind does exert force and that force is what moves the air molecules. What you feel as wind is the force of the air molecules moving against you.

David R. Cook
Atmospheric Research Section
Environmental Research Division
Argonne National Laboratory

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