Weather Words 1
A measure of how hot or cold something is.
TEMPERATURE?
A tool used to measure temperature.
a thermometer
When liquid water turns into water vapor and disappears it is called?
Evaporation
A scientist who studies and predicts weather.
What is a meteorologist?
Why is studying climate data important?
To predict the weather.
A tool used to measure rainfall.
a RAIN GAUGE?
Rain, sleet, and snow are examples of this.
What is Precipitation?
What is moving air called?
Wind
What 3 things describe weather?
Precipitation, wind, and temperature.
An instrument that meteorologists use to tell wind direction.
What is a Wind Vane?
Thunder, lightning, rainbows, haze, sun, sleet, wind, snow and other like events are all part of this.
What is WEATHER?
What do celsius and fahrenheit both measure?
temperature
What 2 things describe wind?
speed and direction
What is the purpose of a weather station?
To collect data about temperature, wind, and precipitation
A Tsunami, a hurricane, a tornado are examples of what types of weather?
Severe weather conditions.
What is something that occurs during thunderstorms?
Rain.
What is a meteorologist and how can meteorologists study to learn about the weather?
A person who studies the weather. They look at weather patterns, clouds, radar, climate data
A weather tool that measures wind speed.
ANEMOMETER?
A scientist who forecasts the weather.
a METEOROLOGIST?
What heats the Earth's surface that causes different types of weather?
the sun