Weather Vocabulary

A weather tool that measures wind speed is called...

• Anemometer
• Barometer
• Thermometer
• Rain Gauge

What do we call the mass of air surrounding the Earth?

• climate

• air pressure

• atmosphere

• weather

A scientist who gathers weather data by using a variety of weather instruments to help predict weather patterns is a...

• Engineer

• Biologist
• Psychologist
• Meteorologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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A weather instrument that is used to measure air pressure is called...

• Anemometer
• Barometer
• Thermometer
• Rain Gauge

Which answer correctly matches the weather equipment to what it measures?

• Anemometer= air pressure

  Barometer= wind speed

  Temperature= rain gauge

  Precipitation= thermometer

• Anemometer= air pressure

  Barometer= wind speed

  Temperature= thermometer

  Precipitation= rain gauge

• Anemometer= wind speed

  Barometer= air pressure

  Temperature= thermometer

  Precipitation= rain gauge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A measure of the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere is _________________.

• sunbursts

• precipitation

• temperature

• pressure

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

____________ is the amount of water vapor in the air.

• pressure

• humidity

• temperature

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

________________ is the weight of the air pushing on everything around it; determined by several factors including the temperature of air.

• Atmospheric (Air) pressure

• Air mass

• Air temperature

• Air humidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What are the fluffy, puffy, rounded white clouds with flat bottoms that usually mean fair weather?

• cirrus clouds

• cumulus clouds

• stratus clouds

• cumulonimbus clouds

When cumulus clouds get larger and darker at the bottoms, they produce __________.

• more clouds

• snow

• thunderstorms

• tornados

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5