ES11CD Test - Air Pressure

Air has a ______________ and is made of molecules that take up space.
1. volume
2. color
3. aneroid
4. pulse
The air has different ____________ at different heights above sea level.
1. androids
2. sea levels
3. barros
4. pressures
Knowing the air ____________ helps in forecasting the weather.
1. pressure
2. color
3. baro
4. aneroid
We know when a storm is coming because the _________ __________ lowers.
1. air pressure
2. wind direction
3. air direction
4. wind speed
PSI is the measure of ___________
1. tree heights
2. air temperature
3. wind speed
4. air pressure
A mercury barometer measures this.
1. wind speed
2. wind temperature
3. air pressure
4. air humidity
Air density depends on both altitude and this.
1. water pressure
2. wind
3. color
4. temperature
This is the height above sea level.
1. mercury barometer
2. altitude
3. barros
4. aneroid barometer
This is mixed in with all the air molecules.
1. water vapor
2. pressure
3. barros
4. altimeters
You can tell how high you are flying by reading this.
1. humidity
2. altimeter
3. temperature
4. sea level
Air pressure is measured in these units.
1. PSI
2. meters
3. feet
4. burros
This is inside each raindrop or snowflake.
1. dust
2. cloud
3. temperature
4. UV Radiation
Earth’s atmosphere is made up of ____________ layers.
1. two
2. one
3. more than three
4. three
Earth's atmosphere has different layers based on the different ____________.
1. color
2. depth
3. humidity
4. temperatures
This layer has about 75% of the Earth's air, even though it is the smallest layer.
1. troposphere
2. mesosphere
3. exosphere
4. stratosphere
Meteors burn up in this layer.
1. stratosphere
2. mesosphere
3. troposphere
4. exosphere
The space station orbits here - above the mesosphere.
1. mesosphere
2. exosphere
3. thermosphere
4. stratosphere
This layer is really "space"
1. exosphere
2. thermosphere
3. mesosphere
4. stratosphere
This layer gets hotter as you go away from the Earth and is where weather balloons fly.
1. mesosphere
2. stratosphere
3. exosphere
4. troposphere
This layer gets cooler as you go from the Earth's surface up.
1. troposphere
2. mesosphere
3. thermosphere
4. stratosphere
The Aurora Borealis are also known as this.
1. "Southern Lights"
2. "Northern Darks"
3. "Northern Lights"
4. "Southern Borealis"
Ozone protects us from _________________ sunlight.
1. ultrablue
2. red
3. yellow
4. ultraviolet
Another way of talking about space is the ____________ layer.
1. exosphere
2. thermosphere
3. stratosphere
4. mesosphere
We live in the ___________________.
1. exosphere
2. stratosphere
3. mesosphere
4. troposphere
About ____ % of the air is in the troposphere.
1. 25
2. 99
3. 75
4. 21

ES11CD Test - Air Pressure

This test will not count towards your grade but will help you know how you did on the test.

This test will not count towards your grade
but will help you know how you did on the test.