Weather Instruments
This instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
These fluffy white clouds are usually linked with fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
This is the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere where weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
This scale measures the intensity of tornadoes.
What is the Enhanced Fujita Scale?
Climate describes long-term weather patterns, while this describes short-term atmospheric conditions.
What is weather?
This instrument measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
This type of precipitation forms when rain freezes before hitting the ground.
What is sleet?
This layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere?
This type of storm forms over warm ocean water and has sustained winds of at least 74 mph.
What is a hurricane?
Carbon dioxide and methane are examples of these gases.
What are greenhouse gases?
This instrument measures humidity in the atmosphere.
What is a hygrometer?
These high, thin clouds are made mostly of ice crystals.
What are cirrus clouds?
A large body of air with similar temperature and humidity characteristics is called this.
What is an air mass?
Lightning is caused by this type of buildup in clouds.
What is an electrical charge?
This process traps heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
Meteorologists use this instrument to determine wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
This cloud type is associated with thunderstorms and severe weather.
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
This type of front forms when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass.
What is a cold front?
This weather phenomenon occurs when warm moist air rapidly rises and cools.
What is a thunderstorm?
This climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean can cause unusual weather worldwide.
What is El Niño?
This weather balloon instrument collects temperature, pressure, and humidity data high in the atmosphere.
What is a radiosonde?
This process changes water vapor directly into ice without becoming liquid first.
What is deposition?
This global wind belt is found near the equator and is known for weak winds.
What are the doldrums?
This is the calm center of a hurricane.
What is the eye?
The gradual increase in Earth’s average temperature is known as this.
What is global warming?