Atmospheric Properties

What happens to air pressure as you move upward into the atmosphere?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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

Density of air is greater ________.

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

What is altitude?

• how much something weighs
• the distance above sea level
• how big something is
• how far away something is

In what direction(s) does air exert pressure?

• everywhere
• no where
• there is no pressure
• downward

78% of earth's atmosphere is composed of ______________.

• methane
• oxygen
• argon
• nitrogen

What happens to the amount of oxygen molecules as altitude increases?

• fewer molecules
• more molecules
• same amount of molecules
• nothing happens to the molecules

Altitude is greater __________.

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

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Fewer molecules further apart, means density is:

• high
• low