Weather Instruments
Used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer.
One of the 3 common crops grown in Alberta.
What is barley, wheat and canola.
Climate is about patterns of weather over a _______ period of time.
What is long.
Rain, snow, sleet, hail.
What is precipitation.
TRUE OR FALSE: Air takes up space.
What is true.
Used to detect lightning strikes.
What is a lightning detector.
This is the main cause of soil erosion.
What is water.
There are how many main climate zones in the world.
What is 7.
The warmth we feel from the sky.
What is sunshine.
Air does this when heated.
What is expands.
Measures the speed of wind.
What is an anemometer.
The planned order of growing different crops each year to improve results.
What is crop rotation.
This zone has lots of snow all year round.
What is the polar zone.
Moving air.
What is wind.
TRUE OR FALSE: Air is all around us.
Records how much rain has fallen.
What is a rain guage.
Farmers must provide this for their animals during hot, dry summers.
What is water and shelter.
Birds migrate this direction in the Winter.
What is South.
How heavy the air is.
What is atmospheric pressure.
This tells us how many clouds are in the sky.
What is cloudiness.
A tool that shows the direction of the wind.
What is a wind vane.
Animals grow thicker fur to prepare for this season.
What is winter.
Grande Prairie is located in this climate zone.
What is temperate.
_________ is how much water is in the air.
Which zone has hot and humid weather. Temperate or equatorial?
What is equatorial.