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State whether the following statements are True [T] or False [F]. (i) Air flows from a region of higher pressure to a region of lower pressure. (ii) Liquids exert pressure only at the bottom of a container. (iii) Weather is stormy at the eye of a cyclone. (iv) During a thunderstorm, it is safer to be in a car.
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Answer
(i) True, (ii) False, (iii) False, (iv) True.
Explanation
- (i) True — air always moves from higher to lower pressure.
- (ii) False — liquids exert pressure in all directions, on the sides as well as the bottom.
- (iii) False — the eye is calm; the stormy weather is around it.
- (iv) True — inside a car you are comparatively safer during a thunderstorm.
Air flows high to low; liquids press all ways; the eye is calm; a car is safer.
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