WorksheetsWeather Instruments
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which instrument tells you the direction from which the wind is blowing?
a)
compass
b)
wind vane
c)
anemometer
d)
a compass and a wind vane
2.
If a rain gauge has 4 cm of precipitation before a storm and 7 cm after a storm, how much rain fell during the storm?
a)
7 cm
b)
4 cm
c)
3 cm
d)
11 cm
3.
What does this device show?
a)
a change in temperature
b)
a change in humidity
c)
wind speed
d)
the amount of rainfall
4.
If you observe thick, grey clouds, what type of weather can you expect to come?
a)
heavy rain
b)
a change in temperature
c)
heavy winds
d)
a snow storm
5.
If you observe stratus clouds, how would you describe them?
a)
puffy
b)
spread out like a blanket
c)
wispy and high in the sky
d)
low to the ground
6.
From which direction is the wind blowing in this picture?
a)
north
b)
east
c)
south
d)
west
7.
If there are puffy white clouds in the sky, what type of weather can we expect?
a)
some form of percipitation
b)
thunderstorms
c)
heavy showers
d)
sunny and fair
8.
a)
70 degrees F
b)
65
c)
70
d)
65 degrees F
9.
What type of instrument measures the humidity in the air?
a)
hygrometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
rain gauge
10.
This weather instrument is a...
a)
anemometer
b)
barometer
c)
wind vane
d)
thermometer
11.
This weather instrument is a...
a)
thermometer
b)
wind vane
c)
anemometer
d)
rain gauge
12.
This weather instrument is a...
a)
thermometer
b)
anemometer
c)
rain gauge
d)
barometer
13.
This weather instrument is a...
a)
anemometer
b)
Christmas ornament
c)
wind vane
d)
barometer
14.
This weather instrument is an...
a)
wind vane
b)
anemometer
c)
barometer
d)
thermometer
15.
What instrument measures wind speed?
a)
thermometer
b)
wind vane
c)
barometer
d)
anemometer
16.
What instrument measures air pressure?
a)
barometer
b)
hydrometer
c)
rain gauge
d)
anemometer
17.
What instrument measures temperature?
a)
rain gauge
b)
hydrometer
c)
thermometer
d)
wind vane
18.
What instrument measures wind direction?
a)
wind vane
b)
hydrometer
c)
rain gauge
d)
barometer
19.
What instrument measures the humidity?
a)
anemometer
b)
rain gauge
c)
barometer
d)
hydrometer
20.
A rain gauge measures what?
a)
Air pressure
b)
Wind speed
wind speed
wind speed
c)
Amount of rain fall
d)
Wind direction
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