Air Pressure & Wind Slides & Qsts

Multiple Choice

________is the instrument used to measure air pressure.

• barometer
• thermometer
• mercury
• watch

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Air pressure is greater _______.

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

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

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

Multiple Choice

What causes wind?

• differences in air pressure

• differences in gravity

• difference in oxygen

• differences in the thermosphere

Multiple Choice

Which statement correctly defines wind?

• Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure
• Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.
• Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
• Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.

Multiple Choice

What causes differences in air pressure?

• even heating of the Earth

• Even cooling of the earth

• uneven heating of the earth

• global warming

Multiple Choice

Why does warm air rise?

• Warm air is more dense than cooler air.
• Warm air has more pressure than cooler air.
• Warm air is less dense than cooler air.
• Warm air has a higher dew point than cooler air.

Multiple Choice

Air is warmer and less dense at the equator because the equator receives more____________________.

• wind

• solar radiation

• air pressure

• condensation

Multiple Choice

Wind belts are always named according to...

• how strong they are
• what temperature they are
• where they blow to
• where they come from

Multiple Choice

The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

Multiple Choice

What type of weather is often associated with high-pressure systems?

• Stormy weather

• Fair weather

• Rainy weather

• Cloudy weather

Multiple Choice

What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

Multiple Choice

Which best describes why winds at the beach change direction between day and night? **

• because the land heats and cools faster than water

• because the direction of Earth's rotation changes

• because warm air is more dense than cool air

• because water is always colder than land

Multiple Choice

On a sunny day at the beach, which of these is most likely to happen?

• Both the sand and the water will heat up quickly.

• The water will heat up quickly but the sand will stay relatively cool.

• The sand will heat up quickly, but the water will stay relatively cool.

• Both the sand and the water will stay relatively cool.

Multiple Choice

Winds occur because hot air rises and cool air sinks in a process called...

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• magnetism

Multiple Choice

A maritime polar air mass is 

• Dry and Cold
• Wet and Cold
• Wet and Warm
• Dry and Warm

Multiple Choice

How do we name air masses?

• Water and temperature
• Air pressure
• Humidity and temperature
• Cold and warm

Multiple Choice

What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime
• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

Multiple Choice

A wet and cold air mass would be a...

• Maritime polar
• Continental polar
• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical

Multiple Choice

Which abbreviation of an air mass can be identified as dry and hot?

• cP
• mP
• cT
• mT

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Where would you find a tropical maritime air mass?

• over the ocean, near the equator
• over the ocean, near the poles
• over a continent, near the equator
• over a continent, near the poles

Multiple Choice

Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Multiple Choice

Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

Multiple Choice

If an air mass is rising, it must be

• cold and less dense
• cold and more dense
• warm and more dense
• warm and less dense

Multiple Choice

Which system results in drier, fairer weather?

• high pressure
• low pressure
• hurricane
• weather system

Multiple Choice

What type of weather will you see along a cold front?

• Thunderstorms

• Sunny skies

• Gentle rain

• No weather

Multiple Choice

What kind of weather happens along a Warm Front?

• Thunderstroms

• Days of Rain!

• Nothing

• Wind