Weather Variables Review

The barometer measures

• wind speed

• pressure

• wind direction

• temperature

The anemometer measures

• wind direction

• wind speed

• pressure

• temperature

Which instrument is used to measure air temperature?

• thermometer

• barometer

• anemometer

• hygrometer

Which instrument is used to measure air pressure?

• thermometer

• barometer

• anemometer

• hygrometer

Any form of water - solid or liquid - that falls from the sky is _______.

• precipitation

• humidity

• air temperature

• air pressure

Warm air _________ because it is _______ dense than the air around it.

• rises, less

• rises, more

• falls, less

• falls, more

Cold air _________ because it is _______ dense than the air around it.

• rises, less

• rises, more

• falls, less

• falls, more

In which layer of the atmosphere is the majority of water vapor found (it is also where our weather occurs)?

• Thermosphere
• Mesosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

As altitude _____________ temperature ___________. 

• decreases, decreases
• increases, increases
• increases, decreases
• decreases, increases

What is wrong with this weather map?

• The map displays temperature, but it should display pressure.
• Isotherms should form straight lines.
• The 60 degree isotherm is not drawn correctly.
• The 40 degree isotherm is not drawn correctly.