Raise the Bar
Particle Party!
Dense Sense
Message in a Bottle
High in the Sky
100
This map shows high and low pressure with ______
What are isobars
100
We trapped air particles in this piece of equipment and made them move closer together.
What is a clamped syringe.
100
According to this chart, as altitude goes up, air density goes __________.
What is down.
100
True of False: Barometers are always used in a bottle.
What is false.
100
Oh no! My bag of chips exploded during the flight! I guess the air particles spread out because the pressure
______________.
What is decreased.
200
This is the unit of measurement used to report atmospheric air pressure.
What is a millibar.
200
When the plunger is pushed down on a clamped syringe, the air particles get ________
What is closer together
200
According to this diagram, which air particles are moving faster, cold or hot?
What is hot
200
When I squeezed the _______, the air particles got closer together in both bottles.
outer bottle
200
Ouch my ears are popping on this plane ride. I bet the pressure is _________
Equalizing
300
In 1643 in Italy, I invented this instrument to measure atmospheric pressure. Who am I?
Who is Evangelista Torricelli
300
Air particles move from high pressure to low pressure until the pressures are _____.
equal
300
As I climb higher and higher up this mountain trail, the air is becoming ____________, making it harder for me to get enough oxygen.
Less Dense
300
Name the experiment that proved that air particles inside both bottles moved closer together.
Barometer in a Bottle
300
Remain in your seats as we prepare for landing. The winds are too high to fly this plane. The isobars are way too __________.
What is close together.
400
One isobar on a map shows where the air pressure is the ____________
What is the same
400
When particles move closer together, they party! They move faster and faster creating this kind of energy.
What is Kinetic Energy
400
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In this image, where is air pressure the most dense?
What is at the bottom, or at sea level.
400
True or False: The liquid in the experiment, Barometer in a Bottle, was made of mercury.
What is False
400
Air pressure always moves from ____________ to
_______________ whenever possible.
High to Low
500
Isobars will never, ever do this with another isobar.
What is intersect.
500
I am a particle. I can arrange myself differently when it is hot or cold. I can move faster or slower or move into a smaller area. But you will never see me do this.
What is get smaller or larger, or change my size.
500
If I reduce the volume or amount of gas in a closed space, the density ______________.
What is increases.
500
In the Barometer in a Bottle, the green liquid moved up and down in the tube because of this.
What is air pressure
500
If I drink all the water in my water bottle, then hike up a mountain, the bottle will do this.
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