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

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.

What is air temperature?

• The measure of the amount of heat energy in the air.

• 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

How is temperature measured?

• Wind vane
• Thermometer
• Barometer
• Rain guage

How can we measure weather? 

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

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

How is precipitation measured?

• Compass
• Anemometer
• Rain guage
• Thermometer

What is wind?

• Air that moves horizontally, or parallel to the ground.
• Air pressure
• Wind vane
• A measure of the transparency of the atmosphere.

What is air pressure?

• How hot or cold something is.

• Any form of water that falls to the ground from the clouds.

• A measure of how tightly packed molecules of air are.

• Air that moves horizontally, or perpendicular to the ground.