Multiple Choice
Which of the following would involve the greatest change in atmospheric pressure?
A) difference between the highest and lowest recorded pressure at any one weather station
B) travel from center of a low pressure system to center of a high pressure system
C) horizontal airplane flight of 200 miles
D) balloon ascent from sea level to 3 miles
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