6th Science-Weather and Water 1

When particles are compressed, they move how?

What is used to measure wind direction?

What is the unit of measurement used for wind direction?

When you push down on a closed syringe, the air molecules ...

What occurs when air is forced into a smaller space?

What is the unit of measurement used for air pressure?

What do you use to measure temperature?

If you were collecting data and providing evidence of typical weather patterns of a certain area, what would you would NOT need to know?: -wind speed or -number of stars in the sky

What's the unit of measurement used for wind speed?

The force of air on a surface; when increased, will result in increased temperature and density.

As you go higher into the atmosphere, the air pressure ..

If you have a diagram of some air in a syringe showing 8 dots (to represent the air particles) in the uncompressed syringe, how many dots should you draw in the compressed syringe?

If you were collecting data and providing evidence of typical weather patterns of a certain area, what would you would NOT need to know: -temperature, -moon phase, -wind direction

True/False - Daily weather records help identify patterns of stable versus changeable weather conditions.

Meteorologists record weather conditions multiple times each day to

The measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.

What is the unit(s) of measurement used for temperature? (2 answers)

What is used to measure air pressure?

If you were collecting data and providing evidence of typical weather patterns of a certain area, what would you would NOT need to know?: -air pressure, -humidity, -number of daylight hours

What is the unit of measurement used for humidity?