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Science and Tech
Meteorology
Question | Answer |
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What is Meteorology? | the study of the Earth’s atmosphere |
What do meteorologists do? | forecast the weather conduct scientific and computer simulations of global weather patterns,study how weather patterns change, and examine the air (quality, composition, etc.) |
What tools did meteorologists use? | Before radar and satellite information, tools included thermometers, barometers anemometers, wind vanes, and rain gauges. |
How was the National Weather Service formed? | o under Ulysses S. Grant, the government created the Weather Bureau, which is now known as the National Weather Service |
Who created the first thermometer? | o 1600 AD, Galileo Galilei developed the first thermometer |
Who created the first barometer? | o 40 years later, Evangelista Torricelli invented the first practical barometer |
What does today's meteorological tools include? | weather satellites, weather balloons, Doppler radar, buoys, and military planes to collect data from space, the air, oceans, and the ground |