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The weight of air measured in units of force per area is called _____.

A. air viscosity
B. air pressure
C. air resistance
D. relative pressure

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The weight of air measured in units of force per area is called air pressure.
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Answer:

B. air pressure

Step-by-step explanation:

The definition of pressure is that it is a force applied to an area.


P=(F)/(A)

Because weight is a force (a force is mass multiplied by acceleration, and weight is the product of the mass of an object multiplied by the acceleration of gravity, thus weight is a force), the measurement of the weight of the air over area is the air pressure.

The correct answe is B.

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