6th Science-Weather and Water 1

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?

When particles are compressed, they move how?

What do you use to measure temperature?

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

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

What is the unit of measurement used for wind direction?

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

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

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

Meteorologists record weather conditions multiple times each day to

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

What is used to measure air pressure?

What occurs when air is forced into a smaller space?

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

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

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 is the unit of measurement used for air pressure?

What is the unit of measurement used for humidity?

What is used to measure wind direction?

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