Highs and Lows

Low pressure centers are also known as:

• Cyclone

• Anticyclone

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High pressure centers are also known as:

• Cyclone

• Anticyclone

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_______ are centers of low pressure

• Cyclones

• Anticyclones

• Barometers

• Jet streams

• Cumulus clouds

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_______ are centers of high pressure

• Cyclones

• Anticyclones

• Barometers

• Jet streams

• Cumulus clouds

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In the Northern Hemisphere, surface winds blow ________ around a low (cyclone).

• inward and counterclockwise

• outward and clockwise

• outward and counterclockwise

• inward and clockwise

Answer explanation

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In the Northern Hemisphere, surface winds blow ________ around a high (anticyclone).

• inward and counterclockwise

• outward and clockwise

• outward and counterclockwise

• inward and clockwise

Answer explanation

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Which of the following describes the change in air pressure moving toward the center of a cyclone:

• The pressure decreases

• The pressure increases

• There is no change in the pressure

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Which of the following describes the change in air pressure moving toward the center of an anticyclone:

• The pressure decreases

• The pressure increases

• There is no change in the pressure

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Identify #1 on the map below:

• Cyclone

• Anticyclone

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Identify #2 on the map below:

• Cyclone

• Anticyclone

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