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STORM CHASING
STORM CHASERS
VEHICLE INSPIRATION
NOTEBOOK ASSIGNMENT
YOU ARE DESIGNING A VEHICLE. Here are the tools found on the storm chaser vehicles. Use this information to DRAW, LABEL, and DESCRIBE all the components of your vehicle. Put the definitions/descriptions next to your instrument pictures.
TO FIND PICTURES OF THESE INSTRUMENTS, LOOK THEM UP!
Barometer: Tool used to measure Air Pressure
Anemometer: Tool used to measure Wind Speed
Hygrometer: Tool used to measure Humidity
Meteorologist: Person who studies weather by observing and making inferences as to what weather should do in the future
Rain gauge: Tool used to measure rain amounts
Snow gauge: Tool used to measure snow amounts
Thermometer: Tool used to measure temperature of the air
Weather balloon: Has instruments to measure weather at different heights
Weather map: How we plot out the way weather is moving. Weather stations produce measurements with similar weather tools all over the world.
Weather satellite: Produces images based on the information gathered by weather tools
Weather station: Place where you gather meteorological data
Wind vane: Measures weather direction
Monitor/Computer: Displays satellite data for Chasers to analyze and use to severe weather
ONCE FINISHED, TAKE TODAY'S QUICK CHECK
