Air pressure

Question 1

What are air molecules doing constantly?

Answer 1

moving

Question 2

Air is ___?

Answer 2

physically combined/a mixture

Question 3

What is air pressure?

Answer 3

the force of air molecules pushing on an area

Question 4

Air pressure has weight.
True or False

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Both air pressure and density ____ as you move higher in the atmosphere?

Answer 5

decrease

Question 6

Can air pressure vary in the same altitude?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

Air moves from areas of ______ pressure to to areas of ______ pressure?

Answer 7

high

low

Question 8

Without varying air pressure air would not ______?
This is called ______?

Answer 8

move

wind

Question 9

Low pressure is ______?

Answer 9

bad

Question 10

High pressure is _____?

Answer 10

good

Question 11

What is another word for air pressure?

Answer 11

Atmospheric pressure

Question 12

At sea level, the atmosphere presses down with a force of _____?

Answer 12

1 kilogram per square centimeter
(14.76 pounds per square inch).

Question 13

In what direction does air pressure go?

Answer 13

all directions

Question 14

Why do your ears “pop”.

Answer 14

Ears “pop” because the air pressure is different on the inside and the outside of your ears.

Ears pop as air pressures inside and outside of the ear equalize.

Question 15

What is air density?

Answer 15

how packed the air molecules are
Packed=greater density
Loose= less density