Air Pressure

What is the term for the weight of air molecules pushing down on Earth?

• gravity

• wind

• air pressure

• oxygen

What tool is used to measure air pressure?

• thermometer

• anemometer

• wind vane

• barometer

Which is not a property of air?

• It has volume

• It is not matter

• It has pressure

• It can move

What kind of weather can be expected in areas of high pressure?

• Fair weather

• Cloudy weather

• Stormy weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Where would you expect to feel the most air pressure?

• on a space shuttle in its orbit around Earth

• outside of Earth's atmosphere

• the bottom of a valley

• the top of a mountain

What kind of weather can be expected in an area of low pressure?

• Fair weather

• Cloudy weather

• Stormy weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The lower the pressure, the ...

• better the weather.

• worse the weather.

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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 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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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