Elements of Weather

What is weather?

• The measure of transparency of the atmosphere.
• The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place.
• Cumulus clouds
• Stratus clouds

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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.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is temperature?

• The measure of how hot or cold something is
• The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation.
• Air that moves horizontally, or parallel to the ground.
• Evaporation

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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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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How is precipitation measured?

• Compass
• Anemometer
• Rain guage
• Thermometer

How do we measure wind speed?

• Wind vane
• Anemometer
• Cumulus
• Barometer

Humidity is the amount of rain, snows (that falls).

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The units of measurement used to measure windspeed are Knots or

• The Beaufort Scale

• Green Spirals

• Hanometeres

• Clicks