Wind and Air Pressure

Wind and Air Pressure

Let's review wind and air pressure.

Multiple Choice

When there is LOW air pressure, there is __________ of air molecules.

• a lot

• a little bit

• none

Multiple Choice

Air that is moving is called ______________.

• coriolis

• humidity

• wind

• temperature

Multiple Choice

What is the instrument used to measure air pressure?

• anemometer

• barometer

• thermometer

• hygrometer

Multiple Select

Which of these are caused by the Coriolis Effect? Check all that apply.

• tornados

• earthquakes

• global winds

• tsunamis

• hurricanes

Multiple Choice

What is the instrument that is used to measure wind speed?

• barometer

• anemometer

• wind vane

• hygrometer

Multiple Choice

If there is a Southwest wind, which direction is it blowing?

• FROM Southwest TO Northeast

• FROM Northeast TO Southwest

• FROM South TO West

Multiple Choice

Winds are always named after the direction they are blowing ________________.

• FROM

• TO

Multiple Choice

The range of numbers on a barometer go from ___________ to ___________ inches.

• 29 to 31

• 28 to 32

• 28 to 31

• 27 to 31

Multiple Select

Look at the picture. Check all that are true. Use the compass to help you. (The compass is NOT an answer)

• The wind is blowing from the West

• The wind is blowing to the East

• The wind is a westerly (west wind)

Multiple Choice

If the barometer reads 28.7 inches, what would the weather be like?

• sunny

• clear and fair

• cloudy and stormy

• hot and humid

Multiple Choice

What would the sky look like if the barometer reads 30.8 inches.

• clear

• cloudy

• precipitation

• low pressure

Open Ended

How does the sun create wind?

Multiple Choice

The Coriolis Effect says that the Earth's _________________ makes the wind bent and spin in all directions.

• gravity

• clouds

• rotation

• humidity

Multiple Choice

When the air is thick and dense, it has _________________ air pressure.

• HIGH

• LOW

• no (none)

Multiple Select

On a weather map, how can you show that there is bad/severe weather and precipitation? Check all that apply.

• Cumulonimbus clouds

• L

• front lines

• H

• high humidity

Multiple Choice

In a convection current, hot air _____________ and cold air ______________.

• rises - expands

• contracts - condenses

• sinks - rises

• rises - sinks

Multiple Choice

Air moves from areas of ____________ pressure to areas of ______________ pressure.

• high to low

• low to high