Weather Instruments

What is weather?

• The amount of moisture in the air

• The number of clouds in the sky

• The speed of the wind

• The state of the atmosphere at any particular time.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Is a measure of heat. 

• Temperature
• Thermometer
• Heat
• All of them

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Device/Object that measures temperature. 

• Thermal energy
• Temperature
• Thermometer
• Heat

Pressure is the effect of

• the weight of all the air above pressing down
• water vapor in the atmosphere
• greenhouse gases
• solar radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

________is the instrument used to measure air pressure.

• barometer
• thermometer
• mercury
• watch

Humidity is a measure of the amount of __________ in the air.   

• Rain Drops
• Air Pressure 
• Temperature
•  Water Vapor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Hygrometers measure:

• Humidity
• Wind Direction
• Air temperature
• Air pressure

What two factors are needed to measure wind?

• direction and speed
• temperature and speed
• direction and temperature
• speed only

This weather instrument is an...

• wind vane
• anemometer
• barometer
• thermometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Water droplets in a cloud that fall to the ground represents which part of the water cycle:

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4