Section #: 12.3
Gathering Weather Data
Practice Test
1.
__________ is used to measure the speed of raindrops toward or away from a specific point.
SC.D.1.4.1
a.
Doppler radar
b.
a radiosonde
c.
ASOS
d.
A ceilometer
Hint
2.
What instrument is used to measure temperature?
SC.D.1.4.1
a.
a thermometer
b.
a radiosonde
c.
an anemometer
d.
a barometer
Hint
3.
What type of instrument is used to measure wind speed?
SC.D.1.4.1
a.
an anemometer
b.
a ceilometer
c.
a barometer
d.
a hygrometer
Hint
4.
What is the network of weather stations located across the United States called?
SC.D.1.4.1
a.
weather radar system
b.
radiosondes
c.
a ceilometer
d.
Automated Surface Observing System
ASOS
Hint
5.
What type of instrument probably was not used to provide the information in the station model pictured in the figure?
SC.D.1.4.1
a.
Doppler radar
b.
barometer
c.
anemometer
d.
thermometer
Hint
