Instruments
Symbols
Units
Effects
Disasters
100

The Rain Gauge

What measures rainfall? 

100

white puffy-like material in the sky

What are clouds?

100

The measure temperature.

What is degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit?

100

Excessive water on the land or roadway. 

What is flooding?

100

A strong out of control destructive wind.

What is a tornado?

200

The thermometer 

What measures temperature? 

200

Small white flakes falling from the sky

What is snowing?

200

The speed of the wind.

What are knots?

200

Many days of heavy snowfall and wind.

What is a snow storm or blizzard?

200

An uncontrolled fire which destroys many hectares of forest.

What is a forest or wild fire?

300

The anemometer 

What measures wind speed?

300

Examples are: N. NE, SW...

What are wind directions?

300

The amount of rainfall.

What are inches or millimetres?

300

Each day for a week gets hotter and hotter.

What is a rise in temperature?

300

A freak storm

What is storm that starts and ends suddenly?

400

The wind vane 

What measures wind direction?

400

The drops of water from clouds

What is rainfall?

400

To measure air pressure.

What are millibars?

400

No rainfall for 4 to six months. 

What is a drought?

400

Frigid 

What is the typical Artic climate

500

The barometer 

What measures air pressure?

500

The extremely bright light from the sky

What is the sun?

500

To measure humidity

What is percentage?

500

Wind and rainfall over 75 mph.

What is a hurricane?

500

Heavy wind and rain in Japan

What is a typhoon?