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Q: What is the force exerted by the weight of the air is called what?
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The force exerted by the weight of a column of air on a surface is called?

Air Pressure The force exerted by the air above is called?


What is the same meaning as air pressure?

the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air


Force exerted by the weight of air?

14.7 pounds per square inch


What is the force exerted by air in all directions?

The force exerted by air in all directions is called air pressure. It is caused by the collisions of air molecules with surfaces. Air pressure is exerted equally in all directions and decreases as altitude increases.


A quantity that can change is called what?

Variable


Air pressure is the force exerted by?

air


The force on an area from the push of air is called?

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


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

it is AIR PRESSURE


The amount of force that is exerted in a specified area by air is called?

Pressure is defined as force per unit area.P=F/A


What is the definition of air pressure and what intrument is it measured with?

Air pressure is the force exerted on an object or area by the weight of the surrounding air particles.Air pressure is measured by Barometer.


What is the definition of atmospheric pressure?

Air pressure is the force (weight of Earth's atmosphere) exerted on you by the weight of tiny particles of air, the air molecules above and around you. This is also referred to as "barometric pressure" (measured with a barometer) and will change with altitude or elevation. The standard pressure is 1 ATM (atmosphere), equal to 101325 pascals or 1013.25 mbar.


What is the force exerted by air in a given are known as?

Air Pressure