Atmospheric pressure may be measured with...

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Atmospheric pressure may be measured with which instrument?

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Atmospheric pressure may be measured with which instrument?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Atmospheric pressure is the weight of the air above you • The common marine weather instrument for pressure is a barometer • Know the purposes of a thermometer, psychrometer, and optical instruments

💭 Think About

• Which of these instruments is specifically designed to measure how much force the air exerts on a surface? • Which instruments in the list are related to temperature or humidity rather than pressure? • Is any option associated with optics or bending of light rather than measuring air pressure?

✅ Before You Answer

• Match each choice to what it actually measures: temperature, humidity, pressure, or light • Recall the standard name of the barometer commonly used on ships for weather observations • Eliminate all options that do NOT directly measure air/atmospheric pressure