WorksheetsAir Pressure and Wind Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is not related to winds
jet stream
wind
Sun
sea breeze
What is not a tool used for measuring
anemometer
thermometer
barometer
Coriolis effect
What is not related to the air
oxygen
nitrogen
thermometer
atmosphere
A wind that blows from the sea to the land is called a
land breeze
doldrums
jet stream
sea breeze
Wind speed is measured with a
thermometer
barometer
anemometer
psychrometer
Water will form on a cold can of soda in a hot room due to what part of the water cycle?
water
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
The difference between an aneroid barometer and a mercury barometer is….?
aneroid has no liquid
mercury measures wind speed
aneroid measures humidity
Mercury is a planet
If a breeze begins in the land and goes towards the sea it is called a
land breeze
sea breeze
no breeze
I ate too many beans breeze
As elevation (altitude) increases, air pressure
stays the same
increases
decreases
drops, than rises
What is caused when air moves from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
Greenhouse effect
wind
an occluded front
Coriolis effect
Which of the following is used to measure air pressure
barometer
anemometer
wind vane
psychrometer
On the beach, if the water is warmer than the land there is a land breeze. Where is the low pressure?
neither sea or land
over sea
over land
science class
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
Coriolis effect
doldrums
sea breeze
jet stream
A wind that is very calm and is located by the equator is called a
land breeze
doldrums
sea breeze
jet stream
Three factors that affect air pressure are
moisture, winds & heat
conduction, convection & radiation
Temperature, heat & carbon dioxide
Water vapor, elevation & temperature
Air will always move from an area of
Low to High air pressure
High to low pressure
Air really doesn’t move
How do you name a wind or breeze?
From where it ends up
From where it comes from
How it forms
If the air pressure difference is a lot…….
there will be a weak wind
it cancels itself out and no wind
there is a strong wind
nothing happens
