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The measure of the force exerted by air molecules on a surface per unit area is air pressure.

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The measure of the force with air molecules push on a surface is called?

The measure of the force due to air pressing on a surface is called the force.If you divide that by the area of the surface, then you have the pressure.


What is the push of air called?

The pushing force of air is called air pressure.:)


What is the measure of the force with whicn air molecules push on a surface?

What is normally used here is not a force, but a force per unit area; this is called pressure. The SI unit for pressure is the pascal.


You are the force of air molecules pushing on an area what are you called?

air


Is air resistance a pull force or push force?

Yes resistance would be a push force.


Is air pressure a push or pull force?

Yes resistance would be a push force.


The measure of the force which air molecules push on a surface?

You're looking for "air pressure", but you haven't described it correctly.The pressure is not the force pushing on the surface.It's the (force pushing on the surface) divided by the (area of the surface).


Is lift on a plane a push or pull force?

it is a push as the wings 'push' the air downwards


What measures the force that air molecules uses to push on a surface?

The measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface is air pressure. An instrument that is used to measure air pressure is a barometer.


Is air resistance a push or a pull?

Yes resistance would be a push force.


The measure of force with which the air molecules are pushing on a surface?

it is AIR PRESSURE


What force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it is called what?

Atmospheric pressure