Weather Instruments
Weather Predictions
Around the World
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Air Masses
100
An instrument used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
Liquid that falls from the sky when a cloud becomes saturated.
What is rain?
100
Layers of air that surround the earth.
What is the atmosphere?
100
A craft that orbits the earth and assists in weather forecasting.
What is a satellite?
100
A huge body of air which has similar temperature and moisture.
What is a air mass?
200
An instrument that measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
200
Frozen rain
What is sleet, snow or hail?
200
The layer of the atmosphere in which we live.
What is the troposphere?
200
A scientist that studies weather.
What is a meteorologist?
200
An air mass formed over water.
What is a moist air mass?
300
An instrument that measures wind speed.
What is a anemometer?
300
A giant swirling storm that brings rain and heavy winds.
What is a hurricane?
300
The layer in which most weather occurs.
What is the troposphere?
300
By measuring and studying weather conditions, meteorologist are able to...
What is predict the weather?
300
An air mass that is formed near the tropics or the equator.
What is a warm air mass?
400
An instrument that shows the direction of the wind.
What is wind vane?
400
The border where two air masses meet.
What is a front?
400
The layer that is known for being very cold.
What is the mesosphere?
400
The warming of the Earth caused by the atmosphere trapping thermal energy from the sun.
What is greenhouse effect?
400
An air mass that is formed near the North and South poles.
What is a cold air mass?
500
An instrument that measures humidity.
What is a psychrometer?
500
A line marked with half circles.
What is the symbol for a warm front?
500
The hot, outermost layer of the atmosphere.
What is the thermosphere?
500
The scale we use to measure temperature.
What is the Farenheit scale?
500
An air mass formed over the Gulf of Mexico.
What is a moist and warm air mass?
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