Weather Tools
What does a thermometer measure?
Temperature
Who studies weather?
Meteorologist
What type of precipitation is water droplets falling from the sky?
Rain
There is thunder, lightning, and rainfall.
What tool is used to measure the amount of rainfall?
Rain gauge
What is weather?
What type of precipitation is freezing rain?
Sleet
What is the difference between a blizzard and a snowstorm?
A blizzard has high wind speeds.
What weather tool measures the speed of the wind?
Anemometer
What are characteristics of a blizzard?
Snow and high winds
Hail
What storm has high winds, heavy rain, and forms over warm ocean waters?
Hurricane
What weather tool measures the direction of the wind?
Wind vane
No, they are just a continuing cycle.
What type of precipitation melts and then refreezes as it is falling?
Sleet
What is a swirling funnel of wind?
A tornado
What is the difference between a wind vane and an anemometer?
Wind vane measures the direction of the wind and an anemometer measures the wind speed.
Where do tornadoes mostly occur in the US?
Tornado alley in the middle of the US
What is a type of precipitation that can occur at anytime and does not have to be cold?
Rain or Hail
What is the weakest part of a hurricane called?
The Eye