Surface Pressure Systems Tend to Move in the Same Direction

question 9

True/False

Surface pressure systems tend to move in the same direction as the wind at 5500 m (18,000 ft)-the 500-mb level. The speed at which surface systems move is about double the speed of the winds at this level.

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Definitions:

Temporal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing auditory information and is also involved in speech, memory, and emotion.

Axon

Elongated portion of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses, typically from the cell body to the synapse.

Synapse

The junction between two neurons or a neuron and a muscle, where electrical or chemical signals are transmitted across.

Dendrites

Branch-like extensions of neurons that receive signals from other nerve cells and conduct them toward the cell body.