Weather Instruments
Vocabulary
Atmosphere
100
What is barometer.
What instrument is used to measure air pressure?
100
Who are meteorologists.
The scientists that study the weather are called?
100
What is the troposphere.
What is the layer of atmosphere closest to the earth called? It is where all the weather occurs.
200
What is anemometer.
What instrument is used to measure the wind speed?
200
What is a climatologist?
A scientist who studies the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
300
What is wind vane or weather sock.
What instrument shows the wind direction?
300
What is Chinook.
What is the name for the hot, dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
400
What is a rain gauge.
What measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen?
400
What is precipitation
What is any form of water that falls from clouds to Earth called?
500
What is hygrometer.
What instrument measures the amount of water vapor in the air?
500
The Fujita Scale
Created by a Japanese scientist, the is used to measure tornadoes.
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