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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.
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