Name: __________________________________________________ Date: ____________________

Grade and Section: _____________________________________ WEATHER INSTRUMENTS

Directions: Fill in the columns with the letter that corresponds to your answer.

weather instruments:
IMAGE OF What does it measure? How is it used?
NAME OF INSTRUMENT
INSTRUMENT
COLUMN A COLUMN B COLUMN C

A F I

CHOICES:
for COLUMN A for COLUMN B for COLUMN C
A. thermometer F. air pressure K. air pressure pushes the scale
up if it’s hot and down if it’s cool
B. rain gauge G. wind speed L. red line is up if it’s hot and is
down if it’s cool
C. anemometer H. wind direction M. water inside the tube
determines the amount of
rainfall
D. wind vane I. air temperature N. shaft rotates fast if the wind is
strong
E. barometer J. amount of rainfall O. arrow points at the direction
of the wind