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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Select the best answer- What is weather?Weather is what is happening in the atmosphere in a certain place at a certain time.Weather is the atmosphere.Weather is precipitation.Weather is wind.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which tool is used to measure precipitation?thermometercompassrain gaugewind vane
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which tool measures wind direction?wind vane and stopwatchwind vane and compasscompass and rain gaugewind vane and thermometer
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What type of cloud is this?
nimbostratus cloud
cumulonimbus cloud
cirrocumulus cloud
altostratus cloud
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.what type of cloud is shown?cumuluscirrusstratus
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Clouds are made up of tiny drops of ______ or ice. The moisture in the cloud affects the weather.dustwatercloud particlesprecipitation
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.This weather instrument is a...anemometerbarometerwind vanethermometer
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.This weather instrument is a...thermometeranemometerrain gaugebarometer
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.This weather instrument is an...wind vaneanemometerbarometerthermometer
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is measured with an instrument made of two thermometers (a wet bulb and a dry bulb)?air temperatureair pressurehumiditywind speed
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is being measured?Direction wind is coming fromDirection wind is going towardSpeed of windSpeed of clouds
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A Stevenson screen is white so it can absorb sunlight.
True
False
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The slatted sides of a Stevenson screen are called...
Louvres
Louves
Lorves
Louves
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What weather instruments can be found inside a Stevenson Screen?
Wet dry bulb thermometer
Maximum-minimum Thermometer
Barometer
All of the above
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A Stevenson screen should be placed next to a building
True
False
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What does a Barometer measure?
Air pressure in Millibars
Air pressure in isobars
Humidity
Wind pressure
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What is a Six's thermometer?
It shows the minimum temperature
It shows the maximum temperature
It shows both the maximum and minimum temperature
It shows the air pressure
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Which 2 types of clouds extend greater vertically?
Nimbostratus
Cirrus
Cumulonimbus
Stratus