- Which instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
- A) Barometer
- B) Thermometer
- C) Anemometer
- D) Hygrometer
Answer: A) Barometer
- What does a thermometer measure?
- A) Wind speed
- B) Temperature
- C) Humidity
- D) Air pressure
Answer: B) Temperature
- Which instrument measures wind speed?
- A) Anemometer
- B) Hygrometer
- C) Barometer
- D) Rain gauge
Answer: A) Anemometer
- What is a hygrometer used to measure?
- A) Temperature
- B) Atmospheric pressure
- C) Humidity
- D) Wind speed
Answer: C) Humidity
- Which device measures the amount of rainfall?
- A) Barometer
- B) Rain gauge
- C) Thermometer
- D) Anemometer
Answer: B) Rain gauge
- What does a weather vane indicate?
- A) Wind speed
- B) Wind direction
- C) Humidity
- D) Temperature
Answer: B) Wind direction
- Which instrument is used to measure solar radiation?
- A) Pyranometer
- B) Thermometer
- C) Barometer
- D) Anemometer
Answer: A) Pyranometer
- What is an altimeter used to measure?
- A) Altitude
- B) Temperature
- C) Air pressure
- D) Rainfall
Answer: A) Altitude
- Which instrument measures visibility in weather conditions?
- A) Ceilometer
- B) Transmissometer
- C) Barometer
- D) Thermometer
Answer: B) Transmissometer
- What does a ceilometer measure?
- A) Cloud base height
- B) Wind speed
- C) Atmospheric pressure
- D) Precipitation
Answer: A) Cloud base height
- Which instrument measures the speed and direction of the wind at different altitudes?
- A) Radiosonde
- B) Wind profiler
- C) Barometer
- D) Hygrometer
Answer: B) Wind profiler
- What does a pyrgeometer measure?
- A) Longwave radiation
- B) Rainfall
- C) Wind speed
- D) Temperature
Answer: A) Longwave radiation
- Which device is used to detect and record lightning?
- A) Thermometer
- B) Lightning detector
- C) Barometer
- D) Hygrometer
Answer: B) Lightning detector
- Which instrument is used to measure evaporation?
- A) Evaporimeter
- B) Thermometer
- C) Hygrometer
- D) Rain gauge
Answer: A) Evaporimeter
- What does a radiosonde measure?
- A) Temperature, pressure, and humidity at various altitudes
- B) Wind direction at ground level
- C) Rainfall
- D) Solar radiation
Answer: A) Temperature, pressure, and humidity at various altitudes
- Which instrument is used to measure the amount of ozone in the atmosphere?
- A) Ozonesonde
- B) Hygrometer
- C) Barometer
- D) Pyranometer
Answer: A) Ozonesonde
- What is a Stevenson screen used for?
- A) Protecting weather instruments
- B) Measuring wind speed
- C) Recording solar radiation
- D) Measuring humidity
Answer: A) Protecting weather instruments
- Which weather instrument measures snow depth?
- A) Snow gauge
- B) Thermometer
- C) Anemometer
- D) Barometer
Answer: A) Snow gauge
- Which instrument is used to measure water vapor in the atmosphere?
- A) Hygrometer
- B) Barometer
- C) Anemometer
- D) Rain gauge
Answer: A) Hygrometer
- What is the primary function of a doppler radar in meteorology?
- A) Measuring wind direction
- B) Tracking storms and precipitation
- C) Measuring temperature
- D) Measuring atmospheric pressure
Answer: B) Tracking storms and precipitation
- What does a weather balloon typically carry to gather atmospheric data?
- A) Radiosonde
- B) Barometer
- C) Hygrometer
- D) Pyranometer
Answer: A) Radiosonde
- Which instrument measures air pressure in a mercury column?
- A) Mercury barometer
- B) Aneroid barometer
- C) Hygrometer
- D) Thermometer
Answer: A) Mercury barometer
- What is an aneroid barometer filled with?
- A) Mercury
- B) Air
- C) Water
- D) It does not contain any liquid
Answer: D) It does not contain any liquid
- Which instrument is used to measure the intensity of sunlight?
- A) Pyranometer
- B) Pyrgeometer
- C) Ceilometer
- D) Transmissometer
Answer: A) Pyranometer
- What does a barograph do?
- A) Measures and records atmospheric pressure
- B) Measures wind speed
- C) Measures precipitation
- D) Measures humidity
Answer: A) Measures and records atmospheric pressure
- What instrument measures the amount of solar radiation that reaches the Earth’s surface?
- A) Pyranometer
- B) Hygrometer
- C) Transmissometer
- D) Radiosonde
Answer: A) Pyranometer
- What instrument is used to measure the thickness of clouds?
- A) Ceilometer
- B) Hygrometer
- C) Anemometer
- D) Pyranometer
Answer: A) Ceilometer
- Which instrument measures the speed of wind at a single location?
- A) Anemometer
- B) Hygrometer
- C) Pyrgeometer
- D) Thermometer
Answer: A) Anemometer
- Which instrument is commonly used to measure atmospheric moisture levels?
- A) Hygrometer
- B) Barometer
- C) Thermometer
- D) Evaporimeter
Answer: A) Hygrometer
- Which weather instrument is used to measure both the intensity and duration of sunlight?
- A) Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder
- B) Hygrometer
- C) Pyrgeometer
- D) Anemometer
Answer: A) Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder
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