4. Which of the following statements is false? The centripetal force is the net

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4. Which of the following statements is false? The centripetal force is the net force caused by the imbalance between the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force. a. b. The centripetal force allows the winds to curve. C. The centripetal force points outward in a low pressure system 5. You are looking at an upper-level weather map (i.e. 500 mb weather map). Which of the following is NOT true? Friction can be ignored. The winds will blow into a low pressure system. The atmosphere is in gradient wind balance. a. b. c.

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4. C , centripetal force always points inward in a circulating system.

5. C. All atmospheric wind are inbalnced

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