Scientific instruments

Measures volume

• Barometer

• Graduated cylinder or beaker

• Hydrometer

• Balance

Measures mass

• balance

• graduated cylinder

• scale

• barometer

Measures gravitational pull...which is weight.

• balance

• beaker

• scale

• hydrometer

Measures density or specific gravity by how high it floats.

• graduated cylinder

• hydrometer

• sling psychrometer

• hygrometer

Measures relative humidity

• hydrometer

• anemometer

• barometer

• hygrometer or sling psychrometer

Bends light to make distant objects seem larger.

• Refractor telescope

• Reflector Telescope

• Microscope

• Magnifying glass

Calculates location using triangulation from geostationary satellites.

• Seismographs

• GPS

• Doppler Radar

• Radiosconde

Measures amount of precipitation in a given location

• Geostationary satellite

• GPS

• Rain gauge

• Radiosconde

Measures wind speed

• anemometer

• barometer

• wind vane

• rain guage

Instrument that measures the intensity of earthquake waves.

• Seismometer or seismograph or seismogram

• Richter scale

• Moment Magnitude Scale

• Fujita scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2