Weather Vocabulary

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Thermometer

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Measures temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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Barometer

Back

Measures air pressure

Front

Anemometer

Back

Measures wind speed

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Rain Gauge

Back

Measures rainfall

Front

Wind Vane

Back

shows the direction the wind is coming FROM

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Snow Gauge

Back

Measures snowfall

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Weather

Back

condition of the atmosphere in a short period of time like an hour, day or week

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Climate

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condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time (many years)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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Weather Vane

Back

this is same as a wind vane, and shows the direction the wind is coming FROM

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Wind Sock

Back

like a wind vane, it measures the direction the wind is going