Weather Vocabulary Quiz

What does a hygrometer measure?

• Humidity

• Wind speed

• Temperature

• Precipitation

What is the definition of weather?

• Measures humidity

• Measures barometric pressure

• Condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place

• Measures precipitation

What does a rain gauge measure?

• Wind direction

• Temperature

• Barometric pressure

• Precipitation

What does a wind vane measure?

• Humidity

• Wind speed

• Wind direction

• Barometric pressure

What is latitude?

• Weather

• Barometric pressure

• Distance north or south of the equator

• Distance east or west of the prime meridian

What does a thermometer measure?

• Barometric pressure

• Wind speed

• Temperature

• Humidity

What does weather radar measure?

• Weather

• Precipitation

• Wind direction

• Climate

What is barometric pressure?

• Weather

• Pressure due to the weight of the atmosphere

• An instrument used to measure wind speed

• Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

What does an anemometer measure?

• Temperature

• Wind speed

• Humidity

• Wind direction

What is climate?

• Barometric pressure

• An instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure

• Weather

• Overall weather in an area over a long period of time