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Air Pressure Homework

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1. Which station model shows a wind direction from the southeast?

A. B. C. D.

2. Which weather-station model shows an air pressure of 993.4 millibars?

A. B. C. D.

3. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the Earth Science Reference Tables and your knowledge ofEarth science.

A station model is shown.

What is the air pressure at this location?

A. 902.9mb B. 1002.9mb C. 1029.0mb D. 9029.0mb

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4. Base your answer to the following question on the information on the four station models shown below below. Theweather data were collected at Niagara Falls, Syracuse, Utica, and New York City at the same time.

What was the air pressure in Niagara Falls?

5. In which direction do the surface winds blow around a high-pressure system in the Northern Hemisphere?

A. clockwise and inward B. clockwise and outward

C. counterclockwise and inward D. counterclockwise and outward

6. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the weather station model

On the weather station model below, draw the proper symbols to indicate a wind of 25 knots blowing from thesoutheast.

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7. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the map below, which shows sea-level air pressure, in millibars,for a portion of the eastern coast of North America. Points A, B, C, and D are sea-level locations on Earth’ssurface.

The air pressure recorded at point D was most likely

A. 1014mb B. 1012mb C. 1010mb D. 1006mb

8. Which map shows normal paths followed by low-pressure storm centers as they pass across the United States?

A. B.

C. D.


9. The weather map below shows isobars labeled in millibars. Points A, B, C, and D are locations on Earth’s surface.

Which location was probably experiencing the highest wind speed?

A. A B. B C. C D. D

10. If a low-pressure system follows a typical storm track across New York State, it will move toward the

A. southeast B. southwest C. northeast D. northwest


11. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the map below, which shows surface air temperatures, indegrees Fahrenheit, for a portion of the United States. These temperatures were recorded at noontime on the samewinter day. Two coastal cities are labeled: Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Miami, Florida. Other selected locationsare labeled A, B, and C.

Calculate the temperature gradient between locations B and C in ◦F per mile.

12. On the map draw the 60◦F isotherm from location A to the western edge of the map.


13. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the map below, which represents an imaginary continent.Locations A and B are on opposite sides of a mountain range on a planet similar to Earth. Location C is on theplanet’s equator.

Location C most likely experiences

A. low air pressure and low precipitation B. low air pressure and high precipitation

C. high air pressure and low precipitation D. high air pressure and high precipitation

14. Which map best represents the surface wind pattern associated with high-pressure and low-pressure systems in theNorthern Hemisphere?

A. B.

C. D.


15. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the isoline map below, which shows the average yearlyprecipitation, in inches, across New York State.

Approximately how many inches of average yearly precipitation does Rochester, New York, receive?

A. 26 B. 30 C. 38 D. 42


16. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the map below, which shows the snowfall from the fall of 1976through the spring of 1977, measured in inches, for most of New York State. The 200-inch snowfall isolines areshown on the map.

The amount of snowfall for Massena is shown on the map. What was the amount of snowfall for Massena?


17. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the map below, which shows Earth’s planetary wind belts.

Which wind belt has the greatest effect on the climate of New York State?

A. prevailing northwesterlies B. prevailing southwesterlies

C. northeast trades D. southeast trades

18. The curving of these planetary winds is the result of

A. Earth’s rotation on its axis B. the unequal heating of Earth’s atmosphere

C. the unequal heating of Earth’s surface D. Earth’s gravitational pull on the Moon


19. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the satellite image below, which shows a Northern Hemispherehurricane, and on your knowledge of Earth science.

When the eye of this hurricane reaches 43◦N latitude, this hurricane will most likely be pushed by planetary windstoward the

A. northwest B. northeast C. southwest D. southeast

20. Clouds form in the hurricane because the air is

A. sinking, expanding, and cooling B. sinking, compressing, and warming

C. rising, expanding, and cooling D. rising, compressing, and warming

21. What is the usual surface wind pattern around the eye of Northern Hemisphere hurricanes?

A. clockwise and outward B. clockwise and inward

C. counterclockwise and outward D. counterclockwise and inward


22. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the weather map below, which shows the locations of ahigh-pressure center (H) and a low-pressure center (L) over a portion of North America. The isolines indicatesurface air pressures.

The data used to construct the isolines on this map were recorded in which units?

A. inches B. millibars C. feet D. meters

23. Which map shows the most likely location of clouds associated with these pressure centers?

A. B.

C. D.


24. The arrows on which map best show the pattern of surface winds around these two pressure centers?

A. B.

C. D.

25. The arrows on which map show the most likely path in which these two pressure centers will move over the nextfew days?

A. B.

C. D.


26. Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the weather map below, which represents a low-pressure systemover New York State. The L on the map represents the center of the low-pressure system. Two fronts extend fromthe center of the low, and are labeled front 1 and front 2. Cloud cover has been omitted from the station models.

The arrows on which map best represent the surface wind pattern around this low-pressure center?

A. B.

C. D.


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