Fast winds at high latitudes produce the strongest Coriolis force. (True or false?)

The atmosphere around the earth would rush off into space if the vertical pressure gradient force
  were not balanced by:
  a. the Coriolis force.
  b. the horizontal pressure gradient force.
  c. gravity.
  d. the centripetal force.
  e. friction.

The surface air around a strengthening low pressure area normally __________, while aloft,
  above the system, the air normally __________.
  a. diverges, diverges
  b. diverges, converges
  c. converges, converges
  d. converges, diverges

We can generally expect the air to be __________ above areas of surface low pressure and
  __________ above areas of surface high pressure.
  a. rising, rising
  b. rising, sinking
  c. sinking, sinking
  d. sinking, rising

The wind around a surface high pressure center in the Northern Hemisphere blows:a.
   counterclockwise and outward from the center.
  b. counterclockwise and inward toward the center.
  c. clockwise and outward from the center.
  d. clockwise and inward toward the center.