Air Pressure Review

___________is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing on an area.

• air pressure

• density

• volume

• none of the above

This tool is used to measure air pressure

• Mercury Barometer 

• Aneroid Barometer 

• Both are correct

What happens to air pressure as you move upward into the atmosphere?

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

True or False, air exerts pressure on everything.

• False

• True

Tags

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 type of air pressure is present?

• High 

• Low

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In what direction(s) does air exert pressure?

• everywhere

• no where

• there is no pressure

• downward

Density of air is greater ________.

• at the top of the mountain

• at the bottom of the mountain

• at the center of the mountain

Air pressure is greater _______.

• at the top of the mountain

• at the bottom of the mountain

• at the center of the mountain

If density of air is low, pressure is:

• high

• low