Weather Vocabulary

A measure of the warmth or coldness of an object

• temperature

• air pressure

• rain gauge

• thermometer

A device for measuring air pressure:

• temperature

• air pressure

• barometer

• thermometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A fast flowing, river of air found in the atmosphere.

• wind vane

• ocean current

• jet stream

• gulf stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A current is like a vast river within the ocean, flowing from one place to another.

• water pressure

• jet stream

• air pressure

• water current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The pressure exerted by the atmosphere.

• barometer

• air pressure

• water pressure

• thermometer

A device that measures wind speed.

• thermometer

• anemometer

• barometer

• wind vane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Half of the earth

• atmosphere

• jet stream

• hemisphere

• water current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A tool that measures the amount of rainfall.

• wind vane

• rainometer

• thermometer

• rain gauge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A weather tool used to determine the direction of the wind.

• wind vane

• windometer

• barometer

• anemometer

A device that measures temperature.

• barometer

• wind vane

• thermometer

• air pressure