Weather Vocab
Weather Variables
Weather Instruments
Units
Layers of the Atmosphere
100

What is weather?

What is the condition of air at any given time?

100

What is tempature?

What is how hot or cold the air is?

100

What weather instrument measures air pressure?

Barometer

100

What unit is temperature measured in?

What is degrees Celcius? 

100

What layer of the atmosphere causes meteors to burn up?

What is the mesosphere?

200

What is a weather variable?

What is any factor of weather that can change?

200

What is humidity?

What is the amount of water vapor in the air?

200

What weather instrument measures temperature? 

Thermometer 

200

What unit is humidity measured in?

What is a percentage? 

200

What layer of the atmosphere is first heated by the sun?

What is the thermosphere? 

300

What is a forecast?

What is a prediction of what kind of weather to expect?

300

What is air pressure? 

What is the force of air pushing in all directions?

300

What weather instrument measures humidity? 

What is a hygrometer? 

300

What unit is air pressure measured in? 

What is millibars? 

300

What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer? 

What is the stratosphere? 

400

What is the atmosphere?

What is the layer of gases surrounding Earth?

400

What is wind direction?

What is the direction from which the wind is coming from?

400

What weather instrument measures wind direction? 

What is a wind vane? 

400

What unit is wind speed measured in?

What are kilometers per hours?

400

What layer of the atmosphere is where weather happens?

What is the troposphere?

500

What is the difference between a meteorologists and meteorology? 

A meteorologist studies weather, meteorology is the study of weather. 

500

What is wind speed? 

What is the speed in which the wind is blowing?

500

What weather instrument measures wind speed?

What is an anemometer? 

500

What unit is wind direction measured in?

What is N,S,E,W?

500

What layer of the atmosphere fades into space?

What is the exosphere?