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Practice identifying common weather instruments and what each one measures.
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The photograph shows three cups that spin around a vertical shaft on a weather-station mast. Which instrument is it?
The photograph shows an arrow-shaped pointer turning above compass letters on a roof mast. Which instrument is it?
The photograph shows an aneroid barometer. How does this kind of barometer sense changes in air pressure?
The photograph shows two side-by-side thermometers, one with a wet cloth wick, mounted on a handle. Which instrument is it?
The photograph shows a clear cylinder with a wide funnel on top. Which instrument is it?
The photograph shows a small upward-facing laser sensor box on an airport weather pad. Which instrument is it?
The photograph shows a small white instrument package hanging below a weather balloon before launch. Which instrument is it?
The photograph shows a dial marked in percent humidity with a pointer near the center. Which instrument is it?
The photograph shows a liquid-filled glass tube with a Celsius scale in a louvered shelter. Which instrument is it?
The photograph shows a cup rotor spinning on a mast at a weather station. What quantity does this instrument measure?
The photograph shows an arrow pointer aligned over N, E, S, and W compass marks. What quantity does this instrument measure?
The photograph shows a round, sealed dial whose single needle swings across the words RAIN, CHANGE, and FAIR. What quantity does this instrument measure?
The photograph shows a clear, open-topped tube with a measuring scale on its side, set outdoors in an open area. What quantity does this instrument measure?
The photograph shows an upward-pointing laser unit on a flat weather-observing pad. What quantity does this instrument measure?
The photograph shows a small sensor box carried under a weather balloon. What data does this instrument send back as it rises?
The photograph shows wet-bulb and dry-bulb thermometers mounted together on a handle. What quantity can students determine with it?
Use the thermometer scale in the figure. What air temperature is shown?
Use the rain gauge scale in the figure. What precipitation depth has collected?
The barometer in the figure shows the station's air pressure in millibars. Standard sea-level pressure is about 1013 mb. How does this reading compare with standard pressure?
A dial hygrometer like the one in the figure reads 65%. What does this reading tell you about the air?
The digital anemometer in the figure shows the wind speed in meters per second. About how fast is that in kilometers per hour? (1 m/s = 3.6 km/h)
Use the wind vane compass in the figure. If the arrow tip is aligned with NW, what wind direction is reported?
The psychrometer figure shows a dry bulb at 24°C and a wet bulb at 18°C. What is the wet-bulb depression?
A class needs an afternoon record of cloud-base height above the school. What instrument belongs in the observing plan?
A forecaster needs temperature, pressure, and humidity data through the troposphere after a balloon launch. What instrument should be attached to the balloon?
Students want to see whether surface pressure falls as a cyclone approaches. What instrument should they check each hour?
Before a thunderstorm arrives, a field team needs the speed of gusty surface winds in m/s. What instrument should they use?
A lab group has no electronic humidity sensor but can record wet-bulb and dry-bulb temperatures. What instrument should they use?
A thermometer is inside a white louvered shelter about 1.5 m above short grass. What measurement error does that siting mainly reduce?
A rain gauge observation reports the depth of water collected from a storm. In a metric Earth science log, what unit fits the reading?
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