Measuring and Interpreting Weather

Instrument used to determine wind direction

• air pump
• wind vane
• cyclone
• air pressure

Instrument for measuring temperature

• temperature vane
• hygrometer
• thermometer
• rain gauge

Instrument for measuring the amount of rain that falls

• rain gauge
• wind vane
• hygrometer
• thermometer

A long, low, gray cloud that could be layered

• stratus
• nimbus
• cumulus
• cirrus

Instrument used to measure relative humidity

• thermometer
• wind vane
• hygrometer
• rain gauge

Big, puffy, white clouds

• cirrus
• cumulus
• storm 
• stratus

Instrument for measuring air pressure

• hygrometer
• battery
• wind gauge
• barometer

Instrument used to measure wind speed

• wind gauge
• anemometer
• hygrometer
• thermometer

The weight of air in the atmosphere pressing down upon Earth

• scale
• measurement
• air pressure
• wind gauge

High, wispy or feathery clouds

• cumulus
• numbus
• cirrus
• stratus