A millibar is a unit of _________

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A millibar is a unit of __________.

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A millibar is a unit of __________.

🔍 Key Concepts

• relationship between air and weather instruments • common meteorological units like degrees, inches of mercury, knots, and millibars • how barometers are used on ships

💭 Think About

• Think about which weather instrument would give a reading in millibars and what that instrument measures. • Consider how mariners monitor approaching storms and which quantity they watch for significant changes. • Ask yourself which of the options is normally expressed in other familiar units (like °C/°F, %, or inches) instead of millibars.

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choice is associated with a barometer. • Eliminate options that you normally see expressed as degrees or percentage. • Recall that rapid changes in this quantity can indicate changing weather systems.