Thursday, May 20, 2010

AIR PRESSURE

Each square meter of the earth's surface has about ten tons of air above it. the weight exerts some pressure at the ground which is called air pressure.


DIFFERENT PRESSURES - Different pressures are created according to the heat it receives from the Sun . More heat creates low pressure and vice- versa.

BAROMETER- It is the instrument used to measure air pressure . To types oh barometers are mercury barometer and aneroid barometer.

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