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Weather
Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a tool for measuring wind speed | anemometer |
| a measurement for how hot or cold something is | temperature |
| a tool used to measure temperature | thermometer |
| a tool used to measure precipitation | rain gauge |
| a place where two air masses of different temperatures meet | front |
| a front that cools weather down | cold front |
| a front that warms weather up | warm front |
| air that surrounds Earth | atmosphere |
| the layer of Earth’s atmosphere that we live in | troposphere |
| what is happening in the atmosphere at a certain place | weather |
| a map that shows weather data for a large area | weather map |
| the movement of air | wind |
| a protective layer in the stratosphere that protects Earth | ozone layer |