Density and Air Pressure

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

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

Air pressure is greater _______.

• at the top of the mountain

• at the bottom of the mountain

• at the center of the mountain

Density of air is greater ________.

• at the top of the mountain

• at the bottom of the mountain

• at the center of the mountain

Cold air is more_____ than warm air 

• Dense

• Stale

• Colorful 

What causes the relationship between atmospheric pressure and density?

• Earth's orbit

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's gravitational pull

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Warm air is ____________ than cold air so it ______________ and forms _____________________.

• less dense; rises; high pressure

• more dense; rises; low pressure

• less dense; rises, low pressure regions

• more dense; sinks; high pressure

• less dense; sinks; low pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_________________ increases as the density of air increases.

• Air mass

• Air pollution

• Atmospheric pressure

• Precipitation

Which box below shows a more dense object?

• Left

• Right

If Earth's gravitational pull increased and there were more air molecules, air pressure would ​ (a)   .

• increase

• decrease

• remain unchanged

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

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