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Science ch.12-vocab
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Question | Answer |
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Bourdon Tube Thermometer | sensing bulb outside the building |
thermograph | track temp. |
Torricelli | invented the mercurial barometer |
aneroid | barometer with no liquid |
synoptic weather charts | four principle weather maps produced daily |
hygrometer | used to change in hair length to measure humidity |
sling psychrometer | gives quick humidity measurements |
stationary psychrometer | uses a wick and water resevoir |
wind vane | shows wind direction |
rain guage | measure the amount of snowfall |
doppler | can determine wind speed |
weather satilite | photographs cloud movements |
station model | weather data in symbolic format |
pilot balloons | measure the direction and speed of winds in the upper atmosphere |
millibar | unit for reporting atmospheric pressure |
knots | measuring wind speed |
isobars | lines on a map connecting places with equal baromic pressure |
isotherms | lines on a map connecting places with equal baromic temp. |
anemometer | measure's the wind's speed |
barometer | displays current pressure |
barograph | pressure over an interval of time |