Air Pressure and the Wind

Air Pressure and the Wind

4th Grade

10 Qs

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Air Pressure and the Wind

Air Pressure and the Wind

Assessment

Quiz

English

4th Grade

Hard

Created by

Debbie Gladney-Armstrong

Used 2+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

Air Pressure & Wind

What role does air pressure play in weather conditions?

Its force determines the strength of wind.

It primary trades are winds.

You have to check your tire air pressure at Tucker's store.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

Air Pressure & Wind

What gives wind its mass?

barometric pressure

air molecules

air pressure

Sully and Wesley flying kites in the wind.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

Air Pressure & Wind

Which three elements affect air pressure?

height above sea level, temperature, and amount of water vapor


temperature, wind, and how much plant or animal life is around

How fierce Sam plays soccer at a tournament.

ocean , wind, and the amount of rain

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

Air Pressure & Wind

What is a convection cell?

extremely dense and heavy masses of air


a place on the beach where scientists watch weather

an instrument scientists use to measure wind speeds

a pattern of rising warm air and sinking cold air

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

Air Pressure & Wind

Why does air rise over land at the beach?


Cold air gets warmer over land, which makes it lighter, so it rises.

Warm air over the sea moves inland, gets cooler, and then rises.

Trade winds around the Equator blow the air higher at the beach.

When the girls, Claire, Emma, and Khloe road in the hot balloon on Field Day, the air was very warm on land.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

Air Pressure & Wind

Which best describes the Coriolis Effect?

As it spins on its axis, the Earth pulls the wind and causes it to blow in a curved path.


As cool air warms up, it rises, and as warm air cools down, it sinks, creating a breeze.

As the Sun rises and sets, the path of the wind all over Earth changes directions.

Trevor and Ellic flew in a Supersonic jet and the earth's wind were blowing in a curvy motion.

As it spins on its axis, the Earth pulls the wind and causes it to blow in a curved path.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 10 pts

Air Pressure & Wind

Which kind of wind blows across most of the United States?

Polar Windbacks


Trade Winds

Polar Easterlies

The wind that blows Charlie's kite .

Prevailing Westerlies

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