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Weather instruments 1

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of this tool?
a)
Barometer
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Rain Gauge
d)
Thermometer
2.
Select the best answer- What is weather?
a)
Weather is what is happening in the atmosphere in a certain place at a certain time.
b)
Weather is the atmosphere.
c)
Weather is precipitation.
d)
Weather is wind.
3.
This weather instrument is a...
a)
anemometer
b)
barometer
c)
wind vane
d)
thermometer
4.
This weather instrument is an...
a)
wind vane
b)
anemometer
c)
barometer
d)
thermometer
5.
What is measured with an instrument made of two thermometers (a wet bulb and a dry bulb)?
a)
air temperature
b)
air pressure
c)
humidity
d)
wind speed
6.
What is being measured?
a)
Direction wind is coming from
b)
Direction wind is going toward
c)
Speed of wind
d)
Speed of clouds
7.

What weather instruments can be found inside a Stevenson Screen?

a)

Wet dry bulb thermometer

b)

Maximum-minimum Thermometer

c)

Barometer

d)

All of the above

8.

What is a Six's thermometer?

a)

It shows the minimum temperature

b)

It shows the maximum temperature

c)

It shows both the maximum and minimum temperature

d)

It shows the air pressure

9.

Climate is...

a)

Average temperature and precipitation over 10 years

b)

Average temperature and precipitation over 20 years

c)

Average temperature and precipitation over 30 years

d)

Average temperature and precipitation over 40 years

10.

Weather is...

a)

The climate of a place.

b)

The condition of the atmosphere.

c)

30 year average of rain and temperature.

d)

All of the above.

11.

The Stevenson Screen has which features to help measure the weather accurately?

a)

Raised off ground to measure only air temperature and not ground radiation

b)

Louvres (slatted sides) to allow air to enter freely

c)

Painted white to reflect sun's rays

d)

All of these answers

12.

IMD was established in (a)   year.