6. Because station air pressure is a function of elevation, air pressure reading
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6. Because station air pressure is a function of elevation, air pressure readings must be
a. converted to an equivalent sea-level value.
b. fitted to lines of constant pressure.
c. adjusted in proportion to the steepness of topography.
d. adjusted to account for wind direction.
7. The ________ is the change in pressure over a given distance.
a. pressure tendency
b. Coriolis parameter
c. pressure gradient
d. potential gradient
e. slope
8. Part of the reason that baseballs travel farther (on average) at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado than in any other Major League city is that ________.
a. the Colorado Rockies always use a juiced ball
b. heat rises more efficiently in Denver
c. sea-level pressure is lower in Denver than in other Major League cities
d. the density of the air is lower at Denver than in other Major League cities
9. Which best describes surface winds in the Northern Hemisphere?
a. They cross isobars at an angle inward toward low pressure
b. They blow parallel to isobars
c. They cross isobars at an angle outward from low pressure
d. They blow parallel to isobars outward from low pressure
10. ________ occurs at a trough while ________ occurs at a ridge.
a. Divergence, convergence
b. Divergence, divergence
c. Convergence, convergence
d. Convergence, divergence
Explanation / Answer
6. Option (a) .
.converted to equivalent sea level value.
7.Optin (c).
Pressure gradient
8.Option (d).
The density of the air is lower at Denver than in other major league cities.
9.Option (d).
They blow parallel to isobars outward from low pressure.
10 Option (d).
Convergence,divergence.
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