Weather Instruments

What does a thermometer measure?

• Wind Speed

• Atmospheric Pressure

• Hot & Cold

• Total Precipitation

Define precipitation:

• water or other liquid as vapor, condensed on a surface

• Water found in lakes and rivers

• Something that gets wet

• The liquid and solid water particles that fall from clouds and reach the ground.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What does a barometer measure?

• Wind Speed

• Hot & Cold

• Atmospheric Pressure

• Humidity

What does a rain gauge measure?

• Wind Speed

• Total Precipitation

• Atmospheric Pressure

• Wind Direction

What does a weather vane show?

• Total Precipitation

• Wind Direction

• Hot & Cold

• Wind Speed

What does a hygrometer measure?

• Humidity

• Hot & Cold

• Wind Direction

• Atmospheric Pressure

Select the answer that shows 3 examples of precipitation.

• snow, rain, heat

• rain, wind, hail

• snow, rain, hail

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rainy, cloudy and snowy weather is connected to what type of pressure?

• High Pressure

• Low Pressure

• Medium Pressure

• Mild Pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What does an anemometer measure?

• Wind Direction

• Atmospheric Pressure

• Total Precipitation

• Wind Speed

Define Humidity:

• water that is on the ground

• amount of water vapor in the atmosphere

• snow, rain, hail that falls from the sky

• None of the Above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6