Weather

Question 1

What instrument is used to measure Temperature?

Answer 1

Thermometer - expressed in Degrees Celsius

Question 2

What is temperature?

Answer 2

A measure of the average kinetic energy (speed) of particles.

Question 3

What instrument is used to measure Precipitation?

Answer 3

Rain gauge for liquid -
expressed in mm
Snow gauge for snow -
expressed in cm

Question 4

What instrument is used to measure Wind Speed?

Answer 4

Anemometer (km/h)

Question 5

What instrument is used to measure Wind Direction?

Answer 5

Wind vane and a compass

Question 6

What is Atmospheric Pressure?

Answer 6

The force that a mass of air applies
on the air and ground below it

Question 7

What instrument is used to measure Atmospheric Pressure?

Answer 7

Barometer

Question 8

What instrument is used to measure Humidity?

Answer 8

Hygrometer or sling
psychrometer

Question 9

How do you measure Sky Cover?

Answer 9

Through observation

Question 10

What is Radiation?

Answer 10

A method of thermal energy transfer through electromagnetic waves

Question 11

A method of thermal energy transfer through ___________________________

Answer 11

Electromagnetic waves

Question 12

Radiation does not require a _____________ to occur

Answer 12

Medium

Question 13

Energy can radiate from the sun to the earth in
the _______________________ of space.

Answer 13

Emptiness

Question 14

Solar energy is _______________ by the sun

Answer 14

Released

Question 15

It travels from the Sun, through the __________________________ and reaches Earth via ___________________________

Answer 15

Vacuum of space, Electromagnetic Waves

Question 16

Once it reaches Earth the energy is either ___________________________

Answer 16

Absorbed or Reflected