Weather Instruments
Severe Weather
Vocabulary
Clouds
Anything Goes
100
Scientists use this tool to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
100
This type of storm has heavy rain and very strong winds.
What is a hurricane?
100
This is what the air is like outside.
What is weather?
100
These clouds air fair weather or sunny day clouds.
What are cumulus clouds?
100
The sun's rays hit the exhaust from cars and forms this type of pollution.
What is smog?
200
This tool measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
200
This is a spinning, funnel shaped column of air that touches the ground.
What is a tornado?
200
These are made of water droplets in the air.
What are clouds?
200
These are high, thin clouds made of tiny ice crystals.
What are cirrus clouds?
200
This is the harmful substance that cars and trucks pump into the air.
What is ozone?
300
This tool measures the direction of the wind.
What is a wind vane?
300
Sudden heavy rains can cause this.
What is flooding?
300
This is the blanket of air that surrounds the earth.
What is the atmosphere?
300
On a sunny day, clouds look white and fluffy. On a stormy day clouds look like this.
What is dark?
300
On a weather map, if you see a picture of the sun behind a cloud, what is the weather probably like?
What is partly cloudy?
400
This tool measures how much water is in the air.
What is a hygrometer?
400
This is a storm with a lot of snow and wind.
What is a blizzard?
400
These are in orbit around the earth. They gather weather data from all over the earth.
What is a weather satellite?
500
This tool measures how much rain has fallen.
What is a rain gauge?
500
This organization puts out watches and warnings to warn people about dangerous storms.
What is the National Weather Service?
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