Weather

What are the four components or parts of weather?

• air temperature, wind speed, air pressure, precipitation
• rain, snow, sleet, hail
• evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection

What tool measures wind speed?

• thermometer
• rain guage
• anemometer
• barometer

Which tool measures air temperature?

• thermometer
• rain guage
• anemometer
• barometer

Areas with low pressure usually have ____________.

• sun
• tornadoes
• higher temperature
• precipitation

Which tool measures air pressure?

• thermometer
• rain guage
• anemometer
• barometer

What temperature does water freeze at?  ____F

• 45
• 32
• 0
• 118

Which clouds are high in the sky and wispy?

• stratus
• cumulus
• cirrus
• alto

The weather report predicts a storm moving in.  What makes sense?

• low air pressure, low temperature
• high air pressure, low temperature
• low air pressure, high temperature
• high air pressure, high temperature

What is the name of a scientist who forecasts the weather?

• meteorologist
• palentologist
• scientist
• biologist

Thunderstorms are forecasted for tomorrow. What would we likely see?

• cirrus clouds, no temperature change, high winds

• dark cumulus clouds, lower temperature, high winds

• dark cumulus clouds, higher temperature, high winds

• stratus clouds, higher temperature, low winds