Air Pressure

The Coriolis Effect is caused by...

• the sun
• Earth's rotation
• Earth's tilt
• the moon's gravitational pull

The primary energy source for wind is...

• solar radiation
• clouds
• ocean currents
• only Trade Winds

Warm air is ___ than cool air

• denser
• heavier
• lighter
• softer

Cool air tends to...

• sink
• float
• rise
• stablize

The warmest air on Earth tends to be at the...

• equator
• tropics
• polar caps

The coolest air on Earth tends to be at the...

• equator
• tropics
• polar caps

High air pressure tends to have ____ weather.

• drier
• more humid
• wetter
• cloudier

Low air pressure tends to have ____ weather.

• wetter
• clear
• warmer
• cloudless

An cyclone is a systems of...

• low pressure
• high pressure
• no pressure
• stress

An anticyclone is a systems of...

• low pressure
• high pressure
• no pressure
• stress