Checking the Weather

Weather is the change in temperature, winds and precipitation. What is precipitation?

• thunder and lightning

• rain gauge

• rain, sleet, hail or snow

• clouds in the sky

Which of the following is NOT a weather instrument?

• a wind vane

• rain

• a thermometer

• an anemometer

What does a rain gauge measure?

• how much rain has fallen

• why the rain has fallen

• how hard the rain has fallen

• how much water is in a rain cloud

What does a thermometer measure?

• wind

• temperature

• rain

• snow

What instrument measures how fast the wind blows?

• wind vane

• rain gauge

• thermometer

• anemometer

Give three reasons WHY people check the weather.