Vocab Quiz - Chapter 11, Lesson 1 & 2

What is a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure?

• Barometer

• Mercury Barometer

• Aneroid Barometer

• Altitude

What is water in the form of a gas?

• Weather

• Atmosphere

• Water Vapor

• Density

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the amount of mass in a given volume?

• Weather

• Atmosphere

• Water Vapor

• Density

What is the envelope of gases that surrounds a planet?

• Weather

• Atmosphere

• Water Vapor

• Density

What is a device for measuring atmospheric pressure without the use of fluids?

• Barometer

• Mercury Barometer

• Aneroid Barometer

• Altitude

What is the distance above sea level. The elevation?

• Barometer

• Mercury Barometer

• Aneroid Barometer

• Altitude

What is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing on an area?

• Weather

• Air Pressure

• Water Vapor

• Density

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is an instrument used to measure air pressure?

• Barometer

• Thermometer

• Hygrometer

• Anemometer

What is the condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place?

• Weather

• Atmosphere

• Water Vapor

• Density

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5