Air Pressure and Wind

Air pressure always moves from ____ to ____ pressure.

• low to high

• large to small

• high to low

• north to south

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Warmer air has what kind of pressure?

• low pressure

• high pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Air closer to the surface of the Earth has what kind of pressure?

• lower pressure

• higher pressure

When air moves from high to low pressure it creates . . .

• clouds

• rain

• wind

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When there are lots of clouds out, what kind of pressure is it?

• low pressure

• high pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When pressure drops, what is most likely about to happen?

• It is going to precipitate.

• The sky is going to clear.

• The wind will slow down.

• The grass will die.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Colder air has what kind of pressure?

• lower pressure

• higher pressure

On a weather map, what is the symbol for low pressure?

• 
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Since the Earth rotates, winds curve to the ______ in the Northern Hemisphere (Coriolis Effect).

• south

• left

• north

• right

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In the US, winds mostly move from ______ to ______.

• north to west

• south to north

• west to east

• east to west

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6