A scientist who studies the weather
What is a meteorologist?
A weather instrument that measures the speed at which the wind is moving.
What is an anemometer?
A weather instrument that measures the direction of the wind
What is a wind vane?
Average weather in a place over a 30 year period
What is climate?
The state of the atmosphere at a certain time or place
What is weather?
Tells the direction the wind is coming from or going to
What is coming from?
One is measured in hours, minutes and seconds while the other is measured over an average period.
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Temperature, pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation
What are
weather elements?
A weather instrument that measures the amount of liquid precipitation over an area in a predefined period of time.
What is a rain gauge?
The name for the ocean of air that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
Measured in millimeters and inches
What is the amount of rainfall?