Weather Vocabulary Test

What is precipitation?

• The current outdoor conditions

• A tool that measures the amount of rain at a location

• Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky

• A tool used to measure temperature

What is a rain gauge used for?

• To show wind direction

• To measure temperature

• To measure the amount of rain at a location

• To describe the current outdoor conditions

What does a thermometer measure?

• Wind direction

• Rainfall

• Temperature

• Outdoor conditions

What does a wind vane do?

• Measures the amount of rain

• Measures temperature

• Shows wind direction

• Describes the current outdoor conditions

What is weather?

• A tool that measures the amount of rain

• A tool that shows wind direction

• The current outdoor conditions

• Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky

Climate is

• The amount of water vapor in the air.

• Long term average of the weather conditions.

An anemometer is

• the amount of water vapor in the air

• an instrument to measure wind speed

Humidity is

• the amount of water vapor in the air

• long term average of the weather conditions of an area