Weather I️nstruments

What does a wind vane measure?

• wind speed

• air pressure

• wind direction

• humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What does an anemometer measure?

• wind speed

• air pressure

• wind direction

• humidity

True or False: Wind speed is important to know because it pushes weather around.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or False: Air is strong and heavy.

• True

• False

What does a barometer measure?

• wind speed

• air pressure

• wind direction

• humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

True or False: High pressure = cloudy, stormy weather; Low pressure = good, sunny weather

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What do thermometers measure?

• the amount of moisture in the air

• how hot or cold it is

• the air in the atmosphere

• the speed of the wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

True or False: Radar shows the amount of precipitation.

• True

• False

True or False: A rain gauge can only be used to measure rain and no other type of precipitation.

• True

• False

What is the name of a person who studies weather?

• climatology

• meterologist

• weatherologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6