Vocabulary Atmosphere
Air
Pressure
Air Mass
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Question 1 - 10
• What is an instrument used to measure
changes in atmospheric pressure
Answer 1-10
• barometer
Question 1 - 20
• What is liquid/solid water falling from the sky?
Answer 1 – 20
• precipitation
Question 1 - 30
• What is the horizontal movement of air set
into motion by pressure differences?
Answer 1 – 30
• wind
Question 1 - 40
• What is the change in phase from gas to
liquid?
Answer 1 – 40
• condensation
Question 1 - 50
• Define a cold front
Answer 1 – 50
• The boundary between a cold air mass and a
warm air mass; cold air mass moves in behind
the warmer air mass
Question 2 - 10
• Define atmosphere.
Answer 2 – 10
• Thin layer of gases that surround the Earth
Question 2 - 20
• What holds the Earth’s atmosphere in place?
Answer 2 – 20
• gravity
Question 2 - 30
• What is the bottom layer, or the ‘weather’
layer, of the atmosphere called?
Answer 2 – 30
• troposphere
Question 2 - 40
• In relation to the North and South Poles and
the Equator, how would the air move around
the Earth?
Answer 2 – 40
• The warm air from the equator would rise
toward the poles and the cold air from the
poles would sink towards the equator.
Question 2 - 50
• How do differences in the temperature of the
Earth’s atmosphere affect the movement of
air?
Answer 2 – 50
• The warmer air in the atmosphere rises and
the cooler air in the atmosphere sinks. This
causes convection currents in the atmosphere.
Question 3 - 10
• Name one of the experiments we did that
involved air pressure.
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Fountain bottle
Kissing balloons
Ping-pong funnel
Water glass trick
Sewer slugs
Magic Egg
Soda balloon inflation
Question 3 - 20
• Name the 2 pressure systems
Answer 3 – 20
• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
Question 3 - 30
• Define a high pressure system.
Answer 3 – 30
• When the atmospheric pressure in one area of
the Earth is higher than the areas surrounding
it
Question 3 - 40
• Define low pressure system
Answer 3 – 40
• When the atmospheric pressure in one area of
the Earth is lower than the areas surrounding
it
Question 3 - 50
• Why do differences in pressure cause wind?
Answer 3 – 50
• When there are pressure differences in the
atmosphere, air moves from areas of high
pressure to areas of low pressure. This
movement of air causes wind.
Question 4 - 10
• When air masses collide, what is formed?
Answer 4 – 10
• A front
Question 4 - 20
• Who is your favorite teacher?
Answer 4 – 20
• I hope you said Ms. Osowski!! 
Question 4 - 30
• As the temperature of a gas increases, what
will also increase?
• *mass
• *density
• *volume
Answer 4 – 30
• volume
Question 4 - 40
• Define air mass
Answer 4 – 40
• A large body of air that possesses certain
temperature and humidity characteristics
Question 4 - 50
• If a mass of warm air cools down, what will
happen to its volume and density?
Answer 4 – 50
• Volume will decrease
• Density will increase
Question 5 - 10
• When air temperature increases, what
happens to the density?
Answer 5 – 10
• Density decreases
Question 5 - 20
• What holiday is on October 31?
Answer 5 – 20
• Halloween!!
Question 5 - 30
• What causes wind?
Answer 5 – 30
• Differences between areas of high pressure
and low pressure in the atmosphere
Question 5 - 40
• When air heats up, its volume increases. What
happens to its mass?
• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same
Answer 5 – 40
• Stays the same
Question 5 - 50
• If air masses of 2 different temperatures meet
and a front is formed, why does the colder
mass of air sink below the warmer air mass?
Why does the warmer air mass rise above the
colder air mass? (explain in terms of density)
Answer 5 – 50