Unit 4 Vocabulary (weather instruments)

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Instrument that measures wind speed.

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Anemometer

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Instrument that measures air pressure.

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Barometer

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Instrument that measures temperature. It is tube-shaped and filled with red-colored mercury.

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Thermometer

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Instrument that measures rain and other forms of precipitation. It is a container with measurement marks on the side to measure the precipitation.

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Rain Gauge

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An instrument used to determine wind direction.

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Wind Vane

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This is the metric temperature scale used by scientists. Its name comes from a scientist who discovered it.

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Celsius

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System or device used to detect radio waves. In weather, these radio waves are reflected off of clouds and weather fronts.

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Radar

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A natural or artificial object that revolves around another object in space; machine we send to space to watch and record weather patterns on earth.

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Satellite

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A person who studies weather and makes the weather forecast on the news.

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Meteorologist

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To analyze weather data and make an educated guess about weather in the future.

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Forecast