Meteorology 1B: Air Pressure

This demonstration is meant to show that air has...

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In order to calculate ​ (a)   , you must divide ​ (b)   by ​ (c)   .

• density
• mass
• volume

What is being calculated in the image shown?

• MASS

• DENSITY

• VOLUME

• GOLD

• PRESSURE

What is being calculated in the image shown?

• MASS

• DENSITY

• VOLUME

• FLOWERS

• PRESSURE

What is being calculated in the image shown?

• MASS

• DENSITY

• VOLUME

• MATH

• PRESSURE

The column of air above your head weighs about as much as which object shown?

The column of air above your head is exerting (a)   . The air pressure doesn't ​ (b)   you because the ​ (c)   of air push in ​ (d)   directions. The air pushing down on you is ​ (e)   by the air pushing up.

• force
• crush
• molecules
• balanced
• all
• heat
• love
• particles
• some
• increased

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Imagine you found the mass (g) and volume (cm3) of three minerals.

Click on the minerals that would be the most dense and least dense!

• MINERAL #1

  Weighs 12 grams and has a volume of 15 cm3.

• MINERAL #2

  Has a volume of 18 cm3 and weighs 14 grams.

• MINERAL #3

  Weighs 10 grams and has a volume of 15 cm3.

Which barometer is measuring higher air pressure?

Which barometer is measuring lower air pressure?