The Amount of Pressure Change That Occurs Over a Given

question 72

Multiple Choice

The amount of pressure change that occurs over a given horizontal distance is called the ____.

• A)pressure tendency
• B)Coriolis parameter
• C)pressure gradient
• D)potential gradient
• E)slope

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

The standard deviation of the entire population under study, representing the total variability within the population data.

Observed Z Value

A standardized statistic that represents the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean of a distribution.

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample set of a population, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Population Average

The mean value of a particular characteristic in a specified population, representing a central tendency.