The pressure gradient force is directed from higher pressure toward lower pressure?
a. ?only at the equator.
b. ?at all places on Earth except for the equator.
c. ?only in the Northern Hemisphere.
d. ?only in the Southern Hemisphere.
e. ?at all places on Earth.
ANSWER: e
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