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  1. 1Air pressure represents the _________ of air as measured above a given location.
    1. Atemperature
    2. Bvolume
    3. Ccondensation
    4. Dsolid state
    5. Eweight
  2. 2Meteorologists use milligrams to express air pressure measurements.
    1. Atrue
    2. Bfalse
  3. 3The instrument used to measure air pressure is called a/an
    1. Apressure gauge
    2. Bbarometer
    3. Canemometer
    4. Dthermometer
    5. Enone of the above
  4. 4Standard sea level pressure is
    1. A15.8 pounds per square inch
    2. B29.92 inches of mercury
    3. C1020.6 millibars
    4. D3.7 kilograms per square centimeter
    5. E100 kilopascals
  5. 5Air pressure exerts a force on our bodies and all objects about us.
    1. Atrue
    2. Bfalse
  6. 6If air molecules behave like an ideal gas, during collisions the molecules will
    1. Abounce of eachother
    2. Bcombine
    3. Cstop
    4. Dcool down
    5. Ebreak into additional material
  7. 7A continuous record of pressure changes over time is made possible with a/an
    1. Abarograph
    2. Banemometer
    3. Ccalipers
    4. Dmercurial barometer
    5. Enone of the above
  8. 8Air pressure decreases as Earth's gravity weakens with increasing altitude.
    1. Atrue
    2. Bfalse
  9. 9An aneroid barometer can be used to indicate altitude for aircraft and other applications.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  10. 10Variations in air pressure measured over time can be important for weather forecasting.
    1. Atrue
    2. Bfalse

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