Elements of Weather

How is air pressure measured?

• Thermometer
• Barometer
• Psychrometer
• Wind vane

What is humidity?

• Any form of water that falls from the sky to the ground.
• A measure of the transparency of the atmosphere.
• The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place.
• The amount of water vapor in the air.

How is temperature measured?

• Wind vane
• Thermometer
• Barometer
• Rain guage

What is precipitation?

• Any form of water that falls to Earth's surface from the clouds.
• Amount of water vapor in the air.
• Force of air molecules pushing on an area.
• Wind speed

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What is air pressure? 

• How hot or cold something is.
• Any form of water that falls to the ground from the clouds.
• The force of air molecules pushing on an area.
• Air that moves horizontally, or perpendicular to the ground.

How do we measure wind speed?

• Wind vane
• Anemometer
• Cumulus
• Barometer

The bottom-most layer of the atmosphere is the...

• Thermosphere
• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesosphere

How can we measure weather? 

• Rain gauge and visibility
• Thermometer and anemometer
• Psychrometer and Barometer
• All of the above

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You can measure humidity

• True

• False

What tool do scientists use to measure humidity?

• Thermometer

• Anemometer

• Barometer

• Hygrometer