Author Question: The atmosphere around the earth would rush off into space if the vertical pressure gradient force ... (Read 73 times)

jjjetplane · **on:** Jul 15, 2018

The atmosphere around the earth would rush off into space if the vertical pressure gradient force
were not balanced by:
a. the Coriolis force.
b. the horizontal pressure gradient force.
c. gravity.
d. the centripetal force.
e. friction.

Question 2

The surface air around a strengthening low pressure area normally __________, while aloft,
above the system, the air normally __________.
a. diverges, diverges
b. diverges, converges
c. converges, converges
d. converges, diverges