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Weather Words Week 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The middle number when the data is put into numerical order from greatest to least or least to greatest | median |
| The number that occurs most often in the data | mode |
| The difference between the highest and the lowest numbers in the string of data | range |
| A place where warm air rises and pushes down on the earth's surface with less pressure | low-pressure area |
| A place where cool air sinks and pushes down on the earth's surface with more pressure | high-pressure area |
| A tool that measures air pressure | barometer |
| A tool that shows wind direction | wind vane |
| A tool that measures wind speed | an anemometer |
| a mass of particles of condensed water | clouds |
| air pressure | The amount of force that air presses or pushes on anything |