Wind and Pressure

Does cold air rise or sink?

• Rise
• Sink

Does warm air rise or sink?

• Rise
• Sink

Low pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?

• Sunny
• Calm
• Stormy

High pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?

• Good
• Bad
• Both Good and Bad

What is the instrument called that measures air pressure?

• thermometer
• ruler
• yard stick
• barometer

Moving air is called _______. 

• mud
• wind
• rain
• sunshine

If a leaf blows up in the air where is there more air pressure?

• Under the leaf
• Above the leaf
• To the right of the leaf
• To the left of the leaf

Sydney keeps blowing up a balloon until it pops.  Where was there more pressure?

• Inside the balloon
• Outside of the balloon
• On top of the balloon
• Equal pressure everywhere

What instrument do you use to measure relative humidity?

• barometer
• psychometer
• wind mill
• weather vane

Earth’s atmosphere is pressuring each square inch with a force of ________.

• 14.7 pounds per square inch
• 14.7 kgs per sqaure inch
• 24 pounds per square inch
• 24 kgs per square inch