Air Pressure and Wind Quiz

What is not related to winds

• jet stream

• wind

• Sun

• sea breeze

What is not a tool used for measuring

• anemometer

• thermometer

• barometer

• Coriolis effect

What is not related to the air

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• thermometer

• atmosphere

A wind that blows from the sea to the land is called a

• land breeze

• doldrums

• jet stream

• sea breeze

Wind speed is measured with a

• thermometer

• barometer

• anemometer

• psychrometer

Water will form on a cold can of soda in a hot room due to what part of the water cycle?

• water

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

The difference between an aneroid barometer and a mercury barometer is….?

• aneroid has no liquid

• mercury measures wind speed

• aneroid measures humidity

• Mercury is a planet

If a breeze begins in the land and goes towards the sea it is called a

• land breeze

• sea breeze

• no breeze

• I ate too many beans breeze

As elevation (altitude) increases, air pressure

• stays the same

• increases

• decreases

• drops, than rises

What is caused when air moves from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

• Greenhouse effect

• wind

• an occluded front

• Coriolis effect