Weather Tools
Weather Vocabulary
Physics Vocab
Types of Graphs
Metric Units
100

This tool is used to measure the temperature of the air in a location.

Thermometer

100

This is the water that is falling out of the sky.

Precipitation

100

The force that attracts a body towards the center of Earth.

Gravity

100

This graph with an 'edible name' can show percentages

Pie CHart

100

This the opposite of inches is used to calculate the measurements of objects.

Meters

200

This object can be used to measure distance or length of something.

Ruler / Yard Stick

200

This is the amount of water VAPOR in the air.

Humidity

200

The energy of a moving object.

Kinetic Energy

200

This is a good way to show data changes over time.

Line Chart

200

This is used to measure the weight of an object.

Grams

300
This measures the amount of rain in centimeters over a given period of time.

Rain Gauge

300

This is the type of radiation emitted by the sun.

Ultraviolet

300

Energy stored by an object because of its position relative to other objects or stresses within itself, rather than velocity.

Potential Energy
300

This graph represents categorical data with rectangular bars.

Bar Graph

300

This is used to measure the volume of an object.

Liter

400

This object would allow you to determine the direction in which wind is traveling at any given point of time.

Weather Vain

400
This is the temperature the air needs to be cooled to in order to achieve a relative humidity of 100%

Dew Point

400

This is the force that allowed Ms. McDonald to swing a bucket of water over her head and not have water fall on her head.

Centripetal Force

400

This chart is used to compare & contrast two or more items.

Venn Diagram

400

The use of the metric system is used everywhere in the world except the United States. What is system referred to in the United States.

Imperial System

500

This object measures the air pressure in an area. Remember in Colorado, we need to adjust this object to get an accurate reading because of our altitude.

Barometer

500

This is the long term temperature and precipitation in an area.

Climate

500

The speed of something in a given direction.

Velocity

500

This type of chart can help graph a sequence of events.

Flowchart
500

The use of this Latin prefix is attached to meters, liters, and grams to represent the number 10

Deca / Deci