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Chapter 9 Test Quizizz (The Air Around You)(Air Pressure)

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is more than three fourths of the air we breathe?

a)

oxygen

b)

nitrogen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

argon

2.

what is the most second abundant gas in the air?

a)

argon

b)

nitrogen

c)

oxygen

d)

carbon dioxide

3.

plants need what to produce food?

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

argon

d)

nitrogen

4.

without _________ in the air, a fire will not burn.

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen

c)

argon

d)

nitrogen

5.

without fuels such as coal and gasoline are burned the release ____________ into the air.

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

nitrogen

d)

argon

6.

condensed water vapor in the atmosphere forms clouds?

a)

false

b)

true

7.

energy from the ___ drives the motions in the atmosphere.

a)

sun

b)

wind

c)

moon

d)

motion

8.

definition of "atmosphere"

a)

the envelope of gases that surrounds earth

b)

water in the form of a gas

c)

magic

d)

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

9.

definition of "water vapor"

a)

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

b)

the envelope of gases that surrounds Earth

c)

drinking water

d)

water in the form of a gas

10.

what is the definition of "weather"?

a)

the envelope of gases that surrounds Earth

b)

a tornado and a hurricane

c)

water in the form of a gas

d)

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

11.

when the air pressure increases, the liquid in the mercury barometer _________.

a)

rises

b)

does nothing

c)

lowers

d)

spills out of the top

12.

what does an aneriod barometer NOT use?

a)

air

b)

liquid

c)

glass

d)

ice tea

13.

air pressure is greater at point _________

a)

c

b)

a

c)

b

d)

z

14.

what is the definition of air pressure?

a)

pressure of air

b)

the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area

c)

an instrument that measures air pressure using liquid mercury

d)

the distance above sea level, elevation

15.

what is the definition of barometer?

a)

the amount of mass in a given volume of air

b)

an instrument that measures air pressure without using a liquid

c)

he distance above sea level, elevation

d)

any instrument that measures air pressure

16.

what is the definition of density?

a)

the amount of mass in a given volume of air

b)

any instrument that measures air pressure

c)

the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area

d)

an instrument that measures air pressure without using a liquid

17.

what is the definition of mercury barometer?

a)

an instrument that measures air pressure WITHOUT using a liquid

b)

an instrument that measures air pressure using liquid mercury

c)

any instrument that measures air pressure

d)

air pressure

18.

what is the definition of aneriod barometer

a)

an instrument that measures air pressure using liquid mercury

b)

a magical thing that people use

c)

an instrument that measures air pressure WITHOUT using a liquid

d)

any instrument that measures air pressure

19.

what is the definition of altitude?

a)

the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area

b)

the height of you

c)

a distance between something on land

d)

the distance above sea level, elevation