Lesson #3 Test: Air Pressure and Wind

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

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

What is the lowest pressure value?

• 1006
• 1008
• 1012
• 1024

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Isobars are recorded in what unit?

• milimeters

• mililiters

• milibars

• miligrams

What are isobars?

• lines connecting places of equal temperature

• lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure

• lines drawn to places of different temperatures

• lines drawn to places of different pressures

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• air pressure
• density
• volume
• none of the above

What is altitude?

• how much something weighs
• the distance above sea level
• how big something is
• how far away something is

78% of earth's atmosphere is composed of ______________.

• methane
• oxygen
• argon
• nitrogen