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Factor of Weather: Air Pressure
Factor of Weather: Air Pressure
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Students test their knowledge of air pressure.
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1
What is the symbol for an area of low pressure?
Blue H
Red L
Red Flag with an H
A Blue Flag
2
Blowing up a balloon and then releasing the air, shows what property of air?
Air squished into a small area the pressure increase.
Air pushes on things in all directions.
Air takes up space.
Air will move from high pressure to one of low pressure.
3
Winds are named for the direction they come from.
True
False
4
Wind is caused by the uneven heating of Earth's atmosphere.
True
False
5
These winds are found from 30 degrees to the equator...
Polar Easterlies
Trade Winds
Doldrums
Prevailing Weasterlies
6
Winds can flow from west to east or east to west.
False
True
7
Air pressure is highest at the ...
North Pole
United States
equator
Top of a Mountain
8
Low pressure systems bring what kind of weather?
Mild
Clear skies
Dry
Wet, Rainy, Stormy
9
Changes in air pressure cause air to move.
True
False
10
High pressure systems bring what kind of weather?
Cloudy Skies
Cold weather.
Clear skies and fair, dry weather
Rainy, stormy weather
11
Cold air rises and takes the place of warm air.
True
False
12
A barometer is used to measure...
Wind speed
Wind direction
Temperature
Air pressure
13
The rotation of Earth affects the pattern of winds.
False
True
14
Warm air is more dense than cold air.
Truer
False
15
What weather is expected when a Barometer reads 30.5 inches of mercury or 1000 millibars?
Snow
Dry weather
Cloudy
Rainy Weather
