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Meteorology
Course Map
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1: Title
2: Essential Question
3: Air Density
4: What is Pressure?
5: Temperature And Pressure
6: Atmospheric Pressure
7: Sea-Level Pressure
8: Horizontal Variations in Atmospheric Pressure
9: What Do You Think?
10: Did You Know?
11: Pressure Gradient Force
12: Wind and PGF
13: Pressure Across the Globe
14: Key Points: Atmospheric Pressure
15: Evaluate Your Learning
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Key Points: Atmospheric Pressure
Pressure is a force exerted by molecules, which is affected by temperature.
Pressure gradients create wind and are responsible for moving weather both up and down and horizontally in the atmosphere.