What Happens to Air as It Is Warmed?​

question 8

Multiple Choice

What happens to air as it is warmed?​

• A) ​It rises.
• B) ​It sinks.
• C) ​It moves toward higher latitudes.
• D) ​It moves along a pressure gradient.
• E) It moves toward lower latitudes.​

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Definitions:

Projection

A defense mechanism in psychology where individuals attribute their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person.

Reaction Formation

This defense mechanism involves the disguising of one's own threatening impulses by attributing them to others in an exaggerated or opposite form, as a means of coping with anxiety.

Exaggerated Emotions

Intensified feelings that are often disproportionate to the situation, sometimes due to stress, personality traits, or psychological conditions.

Repression

A psychological defense mechanism where distressing thoughts and memories are unconsciously blocked from conscious awareness.