Chapter 28 Extra Credit                      (4pts.)

 

1.    The weight of the atmosphere per unit area is a measure of _________________.

 

2.    The instrument used to measure air pressure is the ________________.

 

3.    An aneroid barometer with a scale that reads height above sea level is called a(n) _____________.

 

4.    The set of closed isobars surrounding a high pressure center is called a _________.

 

5.    The rate of change in air pressure between two places is called the _____________.

 

6.    The wind pattern which describes air flowing from the sea to the land, then up, back to the sea, and down is called ______________ circulation.

 

7.    The _______________ causes winds in the Northern Hemisphere to flow clockwise around highs.

 

8.    Wind speed is measured in units called _______________.

 

9.    The low pressure zone at the equator is called the ________________ zone.

 

10.                       Seasonal pressure changes which cause a complete wind reversal produce winds called __________________.