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Air Pressure and Wind Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is not related to winds

a)

jet stream

b)

wind

c)

Sun

d)

sea breeze

2.

What is not a tool used for measuring

a)

anemometer

b)

thermometer

c)

barometer

d)

Coriolis effect

3.

What is not related to the air

a)

oxygen

b)

nitrogen

c)

thermometer

d)

atmosphere

4.

A wind that blows from the sea to the land is called a

a)

land breeze

b)

doldrums

c)

jet stream

d)

sea breeze

5.

Wind speed is measured with a

a)

thermometer

b)

barometer

c)

anemometer

d)

psychrometer

6.

Water will form on a cold can of soda in a hot room due to what part of the water cycle?

a)

water

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

7.

The difference between an aneroid barometer and a mercury barometer is….?

a)

aneroid has no liquid

b)

mercury measures wind speed

c)

aneroid measures humidity

d)

Mercury is a planet

8.

If a breeze begins in the land and goes towards the sea it is called a

a)

land breeze

b)

sea breeze

c)

no breeze

d)

I ate too many beans breeze

9.

As elevation (altitude) increases, air pressure

a)

stays the same

b)

increases

c)

decreases

d)

drops, than rises

10.

What is caused when air moves from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

a)

Greenhouse effect

b)

wind

c)

an occluded front

d)

Coriolis effect

11.

Which of the following is used to measure air pressure

a)

barometer

b)

anemometer

c)

wind vane

d)

psychrometer

12.

On the beach, if the water is warmer than the land there is a land breeze. Where is the low pressure?

a)

neither sea or land

b)

over sea

c)

over land

d)

science class

13.

The reason a plane ride is longer going from New York to Los Angeles than a plane ride from Los Angeles to New York is due to the

a)

Coriolis effect

b)

doldrums

c)

sea breeze

d)

jet stream

14.

A wind that is very calm and is located by the equator is called a

a)

land breeze

b)

doldrums

c)

sea breeze

d)

jet stream

15.

Three factors that affect air pressure are

a)

moisture, winds & heat

b)

conduction, convection & radiation

c)

Temperature, heat & carbon dioxide

d)

Water vapor, elevation & temperature

16.

Air will always move from an area of

a)

Low to High air pressure

b)

High to low pressure

c)

Air really doesn’t move

17.

How do you name a wind or breeze?

a)

From where it ends up

b)

From where it comes from

c)

How it forms

18.

If the air pressure difference is a lot…….

a)

there will be a weak wind

b)

it cancels itself out and no wind

c)

there is a strong wind

d)

nothing happens