Weather & Technology: Ch 1C
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| force of air against Earth's surface | air pressure
🗑
|
||||
| scientist who studies the weather | meteorologist
🗑
|
||||
| water vapor in the air | humidity
🗑
|
||||
| temperature at which air cannot hold anymore water vapor | dew point
🗑
|
||||
| violent funnel-shaped cloud | tornado
🗑
|
||||
| air moving from a region of high pressure to a region of low pressure | wind
🗑
|
||||
| amount of water vapor in air compared to greatest amount air can hold | relative humidity
🗑
|
||||
| instrument used to measure air pressure | barometer
🗑
|
||||
| very large body of air having similar weather conditions | air mass
🗑
|
||||
| instrument used to measure wind direction | wind vane
🗑
|
||||
| prediction of what weather will be like in the near future | forecast
🗑
|
||||
| boundary that forms between a cold and a warm air mass | front
🗑
|
||||
| instrument used to measure relative humidity | psychrometer
🗑
|
||||
| type of radio transmission that tracks precipitation | Doppler radar
🗑
|
||||
| tropical storm with high winds that form over oceans | hurricane
🗑
|
||||
| instrument that measures wind speed | anemometer
🗑
|
||||
| instrument that measures precipitation amounts | rain gauge
🗑
|
||||
| instrument that measures wind speed and direction | wind sock
🗑
|
||||
| instrument that measures temperature | thermometer
🗑
|
||||
| uses numbers and symbols to indicate weather conditions | weather map
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
gundermans
Popular Science sets