How Do You Measure Weather? 4th Grade Weather Unit.

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How Do You Measure Weather? 4th Grade Weather Unit

What am I? What Do I Do?

Answer: Barometer Definition: An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in weather forecasting.

What am I? What Do I Do?

Answer: thermometer Definition: An instrument for measuring temperature, especially one having a graduated glass tube with a bulb containing a liquid, typically mercury or colored alcohol, that expands and rises in the tube as the temperature increases.

What am I? What Do I Do?

Answer: Anemometer Definition: An instrument for measuring wind force and velocity.

What am I? What Do I Do?

Answer: Rain Gauge A device for measuring rainfall. Also called pluviometer, udometer.