2.4 Weather

Question 1

isotherm

Answer 1

a line on a map joining places of equal temperature

Question 2

isohyet

Answer 2

a line on a map joining places of equal rainfall

Question 3

isobar

Answer 3

a line on a map joining places of equal atmospheric pressure

Question 4

prevailing winds

Answer 4

the direction from which the wind blows into an area most of the year

Question 5

rain gauge

Answer 5

an instrument to collect precipitation data

Question 6

sunshine recorder

Answer 6

an instrument to collect sunshine data

Question 7

Maximum- minimum thermometer/ Six’s thermometer

Answer 7

A thermometer that shows both the maxium temperature in a given time period and the miimum temperature in the same time period.

Question 8

cloud

Answer 8

wator vapour condensed into minute water particles that float in the atmosphere. Clouds are formed by the cooling of air containing water vapour, which generally condenses around tiny dust of ice particels.