Weather Unit Review

Which weather instrument is

used to measure the amount of

precipitation that fell over a

certain time?

• Rain gauge

• Anemometer

• Thermometer

Which weather instrument is

used to measure wind speed?

• Hygrometer

• Anemometer

• Barometer

Which type of weather is

associated with a low pressure

system?

• Wet, Lousy

• Dry, Humid

• Hot

__________ is the amount of

water vapor in the air.

• Humidity

• Condensation

• Precipitation

__________ is the condition of the

atmosphere at a certain place

and a certain time.

• Altitude

• Weather

• Precipitation

Which mid-level cloud looks like

cotton balls and appears in

good weather?

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

Which type of precipitation is a

large pellet of ice?

• Hail

• rain

• Icing on a cake

Air that is moist has a ______ air pressure.

• Lower

• Higher

Air at high altitudes is ______.

• Thinner

• Thicker

A _______ front forms when warm and cold air meet and neither air mass has

the force to move the other.

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary