Weather Instruments

Your pilots today, Bentley and Braxton are landing the plane you are on. They need to pay attention to wind speed and direction on the run way. They will most likely read a ​ (a)  

• wind sock
• barometer
• hygrometer
• anemometer
• weather satellite
• thermometer
• rain gauge
• weather balloon

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Abby and Ansleigh have entered gardening contest. ​They want to know how much rain fell last night. They should read their ​ (a)  

• rain gauge
• barometer
• hygrometer
• anemometer
• weather satellite
• thermometer
• weather balloon
• wind sock

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Hayes and Murray are shadowing a meteorologist this week. They are asked to gather information on temperature, wind speed and air pressure. They wisely chose to use a ​ (a)  

• weather balloon
• barometer
• hygrometer
• anemometer
• weather satellite
• thermometer
• radiometer
• wind sock

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Alice and Megan are studying in the Arctic. They are interested in climate change. They gather a lot of their information from a ​ ​ (a)  

• weather satellite
• barometer
• hygrometer
• anemometer
• thermometer
• weather balloon
• wind sock
• rain gauge

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Grey and Jake are going sailing with their families this summer. They will want to be safe so they make sure that they check their ​ (a)   before they set out on the water.

• anemometer
• barometer
• hygrometer
• thermometer
• weather balloon
• wind sock
• rain gauge
• weather satellite

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Avery always checks a ​ (a)   before she leaves for school to know if she should grab her hoodie or not.

• thermometer
• barometer
• anemometer
• weather satellite
• rain gauge
• weather balloon
• wind sock
• hygrometer

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Grace and Seesin watched Meteorologist Gavin Wright on the WKRG weather report. He said that we had experienced 3 inches of rainfall during the night. They were able to verify this claim by checking their ​ (a)   .

• rain gauge
• barometer
• hygrometer
• anemometer
• weather satellite
• thermometer
• weather balloon
• wind sock

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Virginia and Hollis are working on a project about hurricanes. They ask WKRG weather man, Gavin Wright, for photos of the cloud patterns during a hurricane. He is able to get them from the national ​ (a)  

• weather satellite
• barometer
• hygrometer
• anemometer
• thermometer
• weather balloon
• wind sock
• rain gauge

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Scarletta and Drew are planning an outdoor party. They are really worried that it a low pressure storm is on its way. They make sure to watch their ​ (a)   to see if the pressure is falling.

• barometer
• hygrometer
• anemometer
• weather satellite
• thermometer
• weather balloon
• wind sock

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Noah and Woods are intrigued by wind. They get permission to install a (n) ​ (a)   on the roof of Mitchell Hall to monitor wind gusts.

• anemometer
• hygrometer
• weather satellite
• thermometer
• weather balloon
• wind sock
• barometer
• radiometer

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