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Question
Give reasons for the following:
Temperature and pressure are inversely related to one another.
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Solution
When the temperature increases and the air start to rise upwards. creating a low-pressure area, but when the temperature decreases, the air starts to sink downwards creating a high-pressure area on the land surface. So, the temperature and pressure are inversely related to one another.
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