Weather Vocab Quiz

Indicates relative wind direction and speed with a conical textile tube; typically used in airports.

• wind sock

• wind vane

• barometer

• hygrometer

Used in high altitudes to carry instruments that send info about air pressure, temp, humidity and wind speed.

• wind sock

• wind vane

• weather balloon

• thermometer

Gathers and measures amount of liquid precipitation over time.

• thermometer

• hygrometer

• barometer

• rain gauge

Shows the direction of the wind with a revolving pointer

• weather vane

• wind sock

• hygrometer

• anemometer

Graphs the changes in pressure over time; a type of barometer measuring air pressure.

• barograph

• barometer

• hygrometer

• anemometer

measures wind speed

• wind vane

• thermometer

• anemometer

• wind sock

measures temperature

• rain gauge

• hygrometer

• wind vane

• thermometer

measures atmospheric pressure

• barometer

• barograph

• weather ballon

• hygrometer

Measures relative humidity in the air.

• hygrometer

• psychrometer

• barometer

• anemometer

measures humidity in the air

• psychrometer

• hygrometer

• barometer

• barograph