1-3 Air Pressure

Question 0

Why is the air at the top of a mountain hard to breathe

Answer 0

There are less oxygen molecules

Question 1

Why does air have mass

Answer 1

The atoms and molecules in the air have mass

Question 2

The force pushing on an area or surface is known as

Answer 2

Pressure

Question 3

The amount of mass in a given volume of air is it’s

Answer 3

density

Question 4

To coming unit used to measure air pressure

Answer 4

Inches and millibars

Question 5

What is altitude

Answer 5

Altitude is the elevation above sea level

Question 6

Which barometer has a glass tube open at the bottom end and partially filled with mercury

Answer 6

Mercury barometer

Question 7

Why doesn’t air pressure crush us

Answer 7

Air molecules push it in all directions

Question 8

What is an aneroid barometer

Answer 8

A barometer that is not filled with liquid and is portable

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Air pressure

Question 10

There are more molecules in a given volume of air, the density is

Answer 10

Greater

Question 11

What instruments are used to measure air pressure

Answer 11

Barometers

Question 12

How does increasing the density of a gas affect its pressure

Answer 12

Increasing the density of a gas increases its pressure

Question 13

Which barometer does not contain a liquid

Answer 13

Aneroid barometer

Question 14

The weight the of air in the atmosphere causes

Answer 14

Air pressure

Question 15

Air pressure As altitude

Answer 15

1. Decreases

2. Increases

Question 16

As air pressure So does Density

Answer 16

1. Decreases

2. Density