Ch.6: Air Pressure

Question 0

barometer

Answer 0

measures atmospheric pressure

Question 1

️Pressure Gradient force

Answer 1

horizontal difference in temperature create horizontal difference in pressure, it establishes a force that causes air to move to a higher towrad lower pressure

Question 2

station pressure

Answer 2

barometer reading at a particular location

Question 3

sea level pressure

Answer 3

since pressure varies with alititudes the station must be corrected in order to compare them

Question 4

contour lines

Answer 4

lines that connect points of equal elevation above sea level

Question 5

isobars

Answer 5

lines of constant pressure

Question 6

anticyclone

Answer 6

areas of high pressure

Question 7

cycle

Answer 7

areas of low pressure

Question 8

ridge

Answer 8

when hight contours bend strongly to north accompanied by warm weather

Question 9

trough

Answer 9

when high contours bend strongly to south accompanied by cold weather

Question 10

Corolis force

Answer 10

due to rotation of Earth causes wind to deflect to right of its independent path in Northern Hemisphere & lefts of its path in Southern Hemisphere

Question 11

Pressure Gradient

Answer 11

its difference in pressure over distance

Question 12

centripetal force

Answer 12

gradient wind blowing around a low pressure ceneter is constantly accelerating because it’s constantly changing direction

Question 13

geostrophic wind

Answer 13

upper air winds that blow parallel to isobars at fairly constant speeding follows contours lines