All of the following statements about a low pressure system are true except A sir always flows towards the area of lowest pressure B in a low pressure system, a barometer measurement will be below 1013 mb or 29.9 inches of mercury C in a low pressure system air from the surface is pulled upwards into the atmosphere D. Low pressure systems are often called anticyclones

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Salvador Collins

2 August, 16:26

All of the following statements about a low pressure system are true except A sir always flows towards the area of lowest pressure B in a low pressure system, a barometer measurement will be below 1013 mb or 29.9 inches of mercury C in a low pressure system air from the surface is pulled upwards into the atmosphere D. Low pressure systems are often called anticyclones

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Marco Beasley · Answer 1

The answer is D because an anticyclone is also known as a high pressure system and has characteristics opposite to that of a cyclone or low pressure system. It measures above average atmospheric pressure while average atmospheric pressure is about one atmosphere or 1013 millibars.