Weather Maps

what are isobars?

• lines connecting places of equal temperature
• lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure
• lines drawn to places of different temperatures
• lines drawn to places of different pressures

___________is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing on an area.

• air pressure
• density
• volume
• none of the above

The movement in the air caused by differences in air pressure ?

• Rain

• Wind

• Air

_______ pressure systems are characterized by sinking air.

• High

• Low

_______ pressure systems are characterized by rising air.

• High

• Low

_______ pressure systems are characterized by fair weather.

• High

• Low

_______ pressure systems are characterized by cloudy, rainy weather.

• High

• Low

Air moves away from the center of a _________ pressure system.

• High

• Low

This is when the rotation of the Earth deflects the direction of the wind.

• convergent effect

• marginal effect

• Coriolis effect

• Mariolis effect

The main reason land and sea breezes exist is because: 

• the earth revolves around the sun
• the earth is tilted on an axis
• of the temperature difference between land and water
• of global warming