Meteorology

A device that is used to measure atmospheric pressure is a ___________.

• barometer
• thermometer
• kilometer
• micrometer

Air pressure is greater _______.

• at the top of the mountain
• at the bottom of the mountain
• at the center of the mountain

What are isobars?

• lines connecting places of equal temperature
• lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure
• lines drawn to places of different temperatures
• lines drawn to places of different pressures

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What causes differences in air pressure around Earth ? 

• Warm air rises at the equator, and cold air sinks at the poles.
• Equator gets over heated 
• Snow 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Warm air rising at the equator and cold air sinking at the poles is one reason for which event?

• hurricanes
• Coriolis Effect
• Earth's rotation
• convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Pressure is the effect of

• the weight of all the air above pressing down
• water vapor in the atmosphere
• greenhouse gases
• solar radiation

Warm Air is LESS DENSE then Cold Air. So Warm Air creates....

• High Pressure

• Low Pressure

• No Air Pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Convert 1016.0 mb to in of Hg.... use ESRT pg 13

• 30.70

• 30.00

• 29.20

• 28.50

Convert 29.50 in of Hg to mb.... using ESRT pg 13

• 999.0

• 1020.0

• 976.0

• 1040.0

In which two zones of the atmosphere does temperature decrease with altitude?

• Troposphere and Stratosphere

• Stratosphere and Mesosphere

• Thermosphere and Mesophere

• Mesosphere and Troposphere