Weather Instruments
Measures temperature
What is a thermometer?
What is the sun?
Form of precipitation, in which ice crystals freeze over and over and frequently occurs during thunderstorms
What is hail?
Weather moves
What is West to East?
Average rainfall or average wind speed over a long period of time
What is climate?
Measures the amount of precipitation
What is rain gauge?
Matter that forms from evaporation
What is water vapor?
Primary cause of wind
What is uneven heating of Earth?
When a cold air mass pushes a warm air mass out of the way and brings cold temperatures and bad weather
What is a cold front?
Breeze that flows from the ocean to land during the day
What is a sea breeze?
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
What is transpiration?
What is troposphere?
Weather usually associated with a low pressure area
What is wet and stormy?
System indicator that precipitation is on the way
What is low pressure system?
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
Water vapor changing into water droplets form....
What is condensation?
Has the greatest effect on the temperature of an area
What is the sun or sunlight?
Type of air pressure associated with clear skies
What is a high pressure system?
Happens to temperature when a warm air mass replaces a cold air mass
What is warm front?
Measures humidity
What is a hygrometer?
What is runoff?
Causes the temperature along the coast of North Carolina to be warmer
What is the ocean or Gulf Stream?
Air current that flows from West to East
What is a jet stream?
Temperature pattern in areas along the equator that are consistent all year.
What is warm all year?