Weather Tools
Weather
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Comparing
Weather
Weather
Types of Weather
Reading
Weather Tools
Weather Tools
100
This tool tells us which direction the wind is blowing
What is a Wind Vane (also: Weather Vane)?
100
This word means "electricity from the sky striking the ground"
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What is Lightening?
100
Is the temperature increasing or decreasing throughout the week?
What is Decreasing?
100
This type of weather is caused by water freezing in the clouds and falling gently to the ground
What is Snow?
100
What is this direction?
NNW
Where is North North West?
200
This tool measures the temperature
What is a Thermometer?
200
This word is used to describe water falling from the sky
What is Precipitation?
200
Which day had the strongest wind speeds?
What is Tuesday ? - 19mph
200
This type of weather describes rain that freezes as it falls
What is Sleet?
200
About how many inches of rain did this area get?
How much is 2 and one-half inches?
300
This tool tells the direction
What is a Compass?
300
This word describes the weather patterns in an area over a long period of time
What is Climate?
300
Which two days would you most likely need an umbrella?
Monday and Friday
300
This type of weather happens when frozen rain gets swept back up into the clouds by a strong wind and collects more water, eventually making an ice ball that falls to the ground
What is Hail?
300
What is the predicted low temperature for Thursday?
What is 56 degrees Fahrenheit?
400
This tool measures how much rain fell in a specific area
What is a Rain Gauge?
400
This word means "someone who studies and forecasts the weather"
Who is a Meteorologist?
400
Which month had the highest amount of precipitation?
What is May? - about 4 inches
400
This type of extreme weather event can destroy coastal areas with floods, strong winds, and thunderstorms.
What is a Hurricane?
400
What is temperature?
What is 76 degrees Fahrenheit (or 25 degrees Celsius) ?
500
This tool measures wind speed
What is an Anemometer?
500
This word means "the amount of moisture in the air"
What is Humidity?
500
Looking at the table, we can tell that it is most likely to rain when the wind is coming from the ________.
Where is North?
500
This extreme weather event happens when an area goes a long time without getting rain
What is Drought?
500
Which city in Texas had the highest temperature forecasted?
Where is Loredo?- 101 degrees Fahrenheit