Where is Weather Found
Weather Tools
What Meteorologist's Record
Units of Measure
Terms
100

How the sky looks and the air feels.

Weather

100

A tool that measures temperature.

Thermometer

100

Rain, snow, hail, and other forms of condensation that form in clouds and fall to the ground.

Precipitation

100

A unit of length in metric system measurement.

Centimeter

100

A scientist who studies the Earth's atmosphere to understand and forecast weather and climate

Meteorologist

200

Something that displays weather data in different locales.

Weather Map

200

A tool that measures precipitation.

Rain Gauge

200

The movement of air

Wind

200

A temperature scale that tells how hot or cold something is.

Fahrenheit Scale (°F)

200

A visible collection of immense numbers of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air.

Cloud

300

The mixture of gases surrounding Earth or other planets.

Atmosphere

300

A tool that measures wind speed

Anemometer

300

When wind blows this way?

Wind Direction

300

A unit of temperature measurement.

Degree

300

An object launched into orbit around Earth. 

Satellite

400

The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere

Troposphere

400

A tool that measures wind direction.

Weathervane

400

How fast the wind blows.

Wind Speed

400

The metric system temperature measurement.


Celsius Scale (°C)

400

A way of representing data that shows the relationship between two things.

Graph

500

The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere. It typically starts about 17 km (11 miles) above Earth and ranges to a height of about 50 km (30 miles).

Stratosphere

500

The third step in the water cycle

Precipitation

500

First step in the water cycle

Evaporation

500

A unit of speed measurement.

Meters per second

500

Facts or observations used to support an explanation.

Evidence