Air Pressure

What is the transfer of heat through a gas or a liquid?

• Radiation

• Heat Wave

• Convection

• Pressure

Wind is created by (choose all that apply)

• Uneven heating of the Earth's surface

• The natural movement of air particles from high to low pressure

• The amount of water vapor in the air

Air Pressure is

• The force of air particles pushing on an area

• The amount of water vapor in the air

• Different gases in the atmosphere

A low pressure center (choose all that apply)

• Has air enter at the bottom

• Creates cloudy skies and storms

• Has air that moves counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere

• Has air that moves clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere

A high pressure center (choose all that apply)

• Has air enter into it from the top

• Brings clear skies

• Has air that moves counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere

• Has air move clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere

Density is

• Gases in the atmosphere

• The compactness of particles

• The height above sea level

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

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

A device that is used to measure atmospheric pressure is a ___________.

• barometer
• thermometer
• kilometer
• micrometer

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