Air Pressure and Wind Review

At the beach, which breeze blows from the sea to the land during the day?

• Land Breeze

• Sea Breeze

• Mountain Breeze

• Valley Breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

At the beach, does the land or sea heat up faster?

• Land

• Sea

• They heat at the same rate

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Wind always blows from areas of ______ towards areas of _____ .

• low pressure, high pressure

• high pressure, low pressure

• cold, warm

• hot, hotter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

________is the instrument used to measure air pressure.

• barometer

• thermometer

• anemometer

• hygrometer

Which weather condition will most likely occur when the atmospheric pressure in an area begins falling?

• dry
• cold
• rainy
• sunny

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of air pressure is present?

• High 
• Low

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What happens to air pressure as you move upward into the atmosphere (climb a mountain)?

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

What type of air pressure is associated with warm air?

• High Pressure

• Low Pressure

• No Pressure

• I'm stressed out over all this pressure!!

As the amount of water vapor, or humidity, in the air decreases, the air pressure ________ because nitrogen in the air is more dense than the water vapor.

• decreases

• increases

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following is one of the reasons that the wind blows all over the Earth?

• the wind blows from the waves in the ocean

• the wind blows because the land is cold at night

• the wind blows because of the uneven heating of the Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6