Air Pressure

A device that is used to measure atmospheric pressure is a ___________.

• barometer
• thermometer
• kilometer
• micrometer

Air pressure is greater _______.

• at the top of the mountain
• at the bottom of the mountain
• at the center of the mountain

what are isobars?

• lines connecting places of equal temperature
• lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure
• lines drawn to places of different temperatures
• lines drawn to places of different pressures

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What Causes differences in air pressure around earth ? 

• Warm air rises at the equator, and cold air sinks at the poles.
• Equator gets over heated 
• Snow 

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Fewer molecules further apart, means density is:

• high
• low

Warm air rising at the equator and cold air sinking at the poles is one reason for which event?

• hurricanes
• Coriolis Effect
• Earth's rotation
• convection currents

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Pressure is the effect of

• the weight of all the air above pressing down
• water vapor in the atmosphere
• greenhouse gases
• solar radiation

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Air pressure at sea level is _____________ than air pressure at the top of a mountain.

• lower
• higher
• the same

When WATER VAPOR is added to the air, the Air Pressure will

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

Water Vapor is LIGHTER then AIR

• TRUE

• FALSE