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Big Idea 4 Science

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of these is true about warm air?

a)

It falls to the ground

b)

It rises in the atmosphere

c)

It stays at sea level

d)

It weighs more then cold air.

2.

Which of these altitudes has the most amount of oxygen?

a)

Sea level

b)

6,000 ft above sea level

c)

10,000 ft above sea level

d)

outer space

3.

Which of these altitudes has the least amount of oxygen?

a)

Sea level

b)

6,000 ft above sea level

c)

10,000 ft above sea level

d)

outer space

4.

Which of these is an example of low pressure?

a)

a flat tire

b)

a hurricane

c)

an unopened can of soda

d)

a tire filled with air

5.

Air under a bird's wing gives it​ _____.

a)

thermals

b)

drag

c)

thrust

d)

lift

6.

Warm and cool air circulate to form _____.

a)

pressure

b)

altitude

c)

molecules

d)

wind

7.

What does altitude describe?

a)

How high a plane is

b)

How fast it is going

8.

Thermal currents help a bird do what?

a)

fly

b)

stay warm

c)

move

9.

If something is dissolved, is it?

a)

floating on a liquid

b)

mixed into a liquid

c)

sinks below the liquid

10.

What moves a bird forwards?

a)

lift

b)

drag

c)

thrust

11.

If you were at sea level where would you be?

a)

Mountains

b)

valley

12.

Does lift help a plane fly or land?

a)

Fly

b)

Land

13.

Which one measures wind speed?

a)

wind vane

b)

meteorologist

c)

anemometer

14.

Which one is an example of an adaptation?

a)

the length of a birds feathers

b)

the habitat were a bird lives

15.

Which does a pressure system affect?

a)

Air

b)

Ground

c)

Water

16.

If there is a bad weather system what might happen?

a)

a tornado

b)

a sunny day

c)

snow

d)

light wind

17.

Where is their more oxygen?

a)

atmosphere

b)

outer space

c)

sea level

d)

mountains

18.

If an airplane engine cut out in midair, which force would decrease almost immediately?

a)

Gravity

b)

Thrust

c)

Weight

d)

Drag

19.

When might you feel the force of drag in everyday life?

a)

When you take an elevator upward

b)

When you stick your hand out the window of a moving car

c)

When you sit under a ceiling fan

d)

When you take an escalator downward

20.
Low pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?
a)
Sunny
b)
Calm
c)
Stormy
21.
High pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?
a)
Good
b)
Bad
c)
Both Good and Bad
22.
Cold air exerts _____________ pressure than warm air
a)
the same
b)
more
c)
less
23.
The air pressure is _____ when closest to the earth's surface.
a)
low
b)
stinky
c)
high
d)
thin
24.
The force of a column of air pressing down is called what?
a)
Air Mass
b)
Air Pressure
c)
Air
d)
Heavy
25.
_____________ air is more dense and tends to sink
a)
cold
b)
warm
c)
moist
d)
dry
26.

the layers of gas that surround the earth

a)

atmosphere

b)

cloud

c)

wind

d)

air pressure