WEATHER SEARCH
Science

Name: ____________________________________

Go to the following site and click on the glossary. Then find the definition for three weather terms.

http://www.cloudsrus.com/

1. wind

2. temperature

3. Beaufort scale

3. List kinds of precipitation (moisture that comes from the air).

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/home.rxml

4. Find the definition of precipitation. You may have to use your textbook.

Precipitation

The article on the website below has four ways to measure the wind. Name three of them.

http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/measurewind.html

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3.

Find one way to measure precipitation.
http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/measurerain.html

What do you use to measure temperature? 

http://www.howstuffworks.com/therm.htm

Name four different uses for thermometers around the house.

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2.

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4.

What does an anemometer measure? 
http://www.cloudsrus.com/ Click on Glossary and A for anemometer

Created by Mary Pat Schmidt (updated by Barb Jones)

March 2002 and Updated: February 7, 2007

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