Weather

Question 1

What is weather

Answer 1

Weather is the day to day conditions of the atmosphere

Question 2

Climate

Answer 2

Is the average weather over about 35 years

Question 3

How to measure precipitation

Answer 3

Read the level of water in the rain gauge at the same time each day.

Question 4

Temperature

Answer 4

Max/min thermometer
Two sides hot and cold
Records highest temperature during the day

Question 5

Wind speed

Answer 5

An anemometer usually has small cups

Knots

Question 6

Wind direction

Answer 6

Wind vane

Arrow points to where it’s coming from

Question 7

Cloud cover

Answer 7

Oktas

Question 8

Air pressure

Answer 8

Barometer

Millibars

Question 9

Land based weather stations

Answer 9

Every three hours they record the elements of the weather.

Question 10

Ships

Answer 10

Digital weather stations and record and transmit data

Question 11

Satellites

Answer 11

Record data such as cloud pictures and wind speed
Geostationary- one place
Polar satellites- round the earth 14 times a day

Question 12

Weather balloons

Answer 12

Sent up into the atmosphere to measure temperature, pressure, wind speed.

They transmit results to a computer

Question 13

Weather buoys

Answer 13

Drifting in sea and use digital instrument to record the weather and transmit results to a computer