Weather Instruments

measures the air temperature

(how hot or cold the air is)

• thermometer

• wind vane

• weather satellite

• hygrometer

measures the atmospheric (air) pressure

• hygrometer & sling psychrometer

• barometer

• anemometer

• thermometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

measures the wind speed by spinning

• wind vane

• weather balloon

• barometer

• anemometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

measures humidity (how much water vapor is in the air)

• rain gauge

• weather radar

• hygrometer & sling psychrometer

• barometer

measures the amount of rainfall and other precipitation

• rain gauge

• thermometer

• sling psychrometer

• wind sock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

goes up into the atmosphere and measures pressure, temperature, and humidity

• weather satellite

• weather balloon

• weather radar

• wind vane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

orbits earth, taking pictures and collecting weather measurements

• weather balloon

• weather satellite

• anemometer

• hygrometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

sends beams into the air to detect precipitation

• weather satellite

• rain gauge

• weather balloon

• weather radar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

measures the direction of wind by spinning

• wind sock

• anemometer

• thermometer

• wind vane

measures both the wind speed and the wind direction as wind travels through it

• wind vane

• anemometer

• wind sock

• barometer