Eli5: If heat is energy, how does cold wind exist? How can air move (have cold gusts of wind) if it’s not hot? Where does the energy for movement of cold air come from?

Question

I asked this in school and the teacher thought I was trolling and didn’t answer me. It’s been like 20 years and I still think about it, it drives me crazy lol.

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

I think your idea of ‘heat’ is too narrow: what you call ‘cold’ is still a temperature above 0 Kelvin. So there is still molecular energy going on.

(others have gone into the wind thing, thought I’d just clarify this part)