Air Pressure and Altitude

Air Pressure and Altitude

6th Grade

25 Qs

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Air Pressure and Altitude

Air Pressure and Altitude

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS2-6, MS-PS1-4

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

As you climb up a mountain what happens to the air pressure?

decreases

increases

stays the same

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Atmospheric pressure depends on .......

mass

density

altitude

magnitude

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

fewer molecules

more molecules

same amount of molecules

nothing happens to the molecules

4.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Describe the relationship between altitude and air pressure:

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Answer explanation

Higher altitude leads to lower air pressure and lower altitude leads to higher air pressure. This is an inverse relationship.

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

As altitude increases, the pressure of the Earth's atmosphere ​ (a)   .

Use the diagram as a reference.

decreases

increases

stays the same

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

As altitude decreases, the air pressure

increases

decreases

stays the same

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

As altitude increases, air pressure _______.

increases

decreases

stays the same

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