Question

Atmospheric pressure changes ____.

a. more rapidly in the vertical direction than in the horizontal
b. more rapidly in the vertical direction over land than over the ocean
c. at the same rate in the horizontal and vertical directions
d. more rapidly in the horizontal direction than in the vertical

Answer 1

Atmospheric pressure changes

A. more rapidly in the vertical direction than in the horizontal

Answer 2

b. more rapidly in the vertical direction

Step-by-step explanation:

Atmospheric Pressure decreases with increasing altitude. The pressure at any level in the atmosphere may be interpreted as the total weight of the air above a unit area at any elevation.

Pressure decreases with increasing altitude because at higher altitudes both the height of overlying air column and its density decreases. Hence the answer.