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Las áreas que se caracterizan por un aumento de la presión desde el interior hacia la periferia y cuyos vientos giran en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj en el hemisferio norte:Areas characterised by pressure rising from the centre to the edge, with winds turning anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere:
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Correct answer: b) Are low pressure areas (depression)
Why it is correct
If pressure rises outwards, the centre is low: a depression, which turns anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
Why the others are not
- a) In an anticyclone pressure falls outwards.
- c) The description is right, but the turning is wrong.
- d) In an anticyclone pressure falls outwards.
How to work it out in the exam
- Look at the centre first: if it is low, a depression.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · Convocatoria de e · PER Modelo A · question 34 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · Convocatoria de e · PER Modelo B · question 36 Official paper · Official answer key
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