Chapter 12 Science Review Questions

1. Name the instrument that measures barometric pressure.
2. Name the two different types of barometers.
3. What is the difference between a barometer and barograph?
4. Name the instrument that measures temperature.
5. Name the instrument that measures humidity.
6. Name the instrument that measures wind speed.
7. Name the instrument that measures wind direction.
8. Name the instrument that measures precipitation.
9. What units are used for barometric pressure?  Name three.
10. What units are used for temperature?
11. Which degrees, Fahrenheit or Celsius, are larger?
12. Which temperature units are more often used in science?
13. Name two different liquids used in thermometers.
14. Tell why we don’t use mercury thermometers in the lab.
15. What is the difference between a thermometer and a thermograph?
16. What units are used for humidity?
17. What units are used for wind speed?
18. What units are used for wind direction?
19. What units are used for precipitation?
20. What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?
21. What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit?
22. What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?
23. What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?
24. Give two fiducial points.
25. How would you test a new thermometer to see that it is accurate?
26. Low barometric pressure tends to forecast what kind of weather?
27. High barometric pressure tends to forecast what kind of weather?
28. On the sling psychrometer which bulb will give a lower reading?
29. Why will the wet bulb give a lower temperature reading?
30. What is a radiosonde?

31. What do you call the lines on the weather map that connect places with equal barometric pressure readings?
32. Describe how to read warm fronts and cold fronts on the Unisys weather map.
33. How can you tell what direction a front is moving?
34. Describe how to spot precipitation and intensity of precipitation on the Unisys weather map.
35. Describe the symbol for a stationary front on the Unisys weather map.
36. Describe how to read the time signature on the Unisys weather map.
37. Describe how to identify high and low pressure areas on the Unisys weather map.
38. On a station model what does the central circle indicate?
39. On a station model what does the bar protruding from the central circle indicate?
40. How do you tell wind speed from a station model?
41. Tell where to find the temperature and dewpoint on a station model.
42. Are temperature and dewpoint given in Fahrenheit or Celsius on a station model?
43. Describe how to interpret the barometric pressure from a station model.
44. Tell how to find the barometric tendency on a station model.