Weather from dig. lesson and video

What instrument is used to measure relative humidity?

• thermometer

• anemometer

• hygrometer

• barometer

Which instrument is used to measure wind speed?

• hygrometer

• anemometer

• barometer

• speedometer

Which instrument is used to measure air pressure?

• hydrometer

• barometer

• anemometer

• aerometer

Which of these data collection methods do scientist use to get information about the weather?

• buoys

• satellites

• airplanes

• all of the above

_______________ is the short term state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place.

• climate

• weather

• biome

A person who predicts or forecasts the weather is called ___________.

• weatherologist

• fortune teller

• anemologist

• meteorologist

Before technology, people looked to ____________ for clues about what the weather would be.

• meteorologists

• satellites

• weather radar devices

• nature

The atmosphere is made up of 5 layers of gases that surround the Earth. What is the layer closest to the Earth?

• stratosphere

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

The top layer of the atmosphere is called the ________________.

• exosphere

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

Weather only happens in the ___________________.

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• exosphere