HOW CAN YOU MEASURE WEATHER?

Chapter 7 lesson 1

Ways people describe weather

Temperature

Precipitation

Wind

1.Temperature ◦How hot or cold the weather is .

How can we measure the temperature ?◦By using a thermometer .

2. Precipitation Water that falls to earth from the clouds.

Rain Snow Sleet Hail

Rain ◦Drops of water

Snow◦Very small crystals of ice particles

Sleet◦Rain that freezes when coming to earth◦Mixture of rain and snow.

Hail◦Chunks of ice

Rain Gauge◦Used to measure the amount of rain in one spot

Ruler◦Used to measure the depth of snow.

3.Windwind is moving air wind can be strong or light wind.

Anemometer:

• used to measure speed of the wind.

Measures the

Temperature

Measures the

Speed of wind

Measures the depth of snow

Measures how much

rain.