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Weather instruments-QUIZ.

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It could be during a hurricane to see how powerful it is, because meteorologists use this device to measure the wind speed.

a)

Anemometer

b)

Thermometer

c)

Hygrometer

d)

Barometer

2.

Using this instrument will let you know if the weather is going to be (Happy) sunny, clear, and cool or if it is going to be (Lousy) warm, moist and stormy.

a)

Barometer

b)

Anemometer

c)

Thermometer

d)

Hygrometer

3.

When a meteorologist needs to know the humidity, they use this instrument.

a)

Hygrometer

b)

Thermometer

c)

Anemometer

d)

Wind Vane

4.

This instrument is used to measure air pressure.

a)

Barometer

b)

Wind Vane

c)

Hygrometer

d)

Anemometer

5.

Rain, Sleet, Snow and Hail are all forms of water particles that fall from the atmosphere and reach the ground.

a)

Precipitaion

b)

Climate

c)

Weather

d)

High Pressure

6.

Cameron used this instrument to see how much it had rained in the past 24 hours.

a)

Rain Gauge

b)

Anemometer

c)

Rain Vane

d)

Thermometer

7.

This happy instrument measures temperature.

a)

Thermometer

b)

Heat Vane

c)

Anemometer

d)

Coldometer

8.

This is what the troposphere (lower atmosphere) is like at any given time and place.

a)

Weather

b)

Rain Gauge

c)

Hygrometer

d)

Climate

9.

December through March it is cold, April through June it is warm, July through September it is hot and October through November it is cool. This is the average weather patterns of a region (North Carolina) that we know as.....

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

c)

Weather Vane

d)

Conditioner

10.

This instrument helps you know which direction the wind is blowing.

a)

Wind/Weather Vane

b)

Anemometer

c)

Windometer

d)

Barometer

11.

Meteorologists use something that indicates atmospheric conditions above a large portion of the Earth's surface.

a)

Weather Maps

b)

Anemometer

c)

Wind Vane

d)

Rain Gauge

12.

Looking at this weather map, the places near the big red L's (Low Pressure System) are most likely experiencing which of the following.

a)

Warm, Moist, Rainy Day

b)

Warm, Dry, Sunny Day

c)

Cool, Moist, Rainy Day

d)

Cool, Dry, Sunny Day

13.

Looking at this weather map, the places near the big blue H's (High Pressure System) are most likely experiencing which of the following.

a)

Warm, Moist, Rainy Day

b)

Warm, Dry, Sunny Day

c)

Cool, Moist, Rainy Day

d)

Cool, Dry, Sunny Day