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What is a thermometer?
This piece of equipment measures temperature.
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What is rain?
This is plain water.
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What is a blizzard.
This is a massive snow storm with winds of at least 35mph.
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What is the atmosphere
The layer of gases around the Earth
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What is a wind vane?
This measures wind direction.
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What is snow?
This is frozen water,and is white.
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What is a tornado?
This type of weather usually occurs in flat areas and is measured on the fujita scale.
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What is a barometer?
This measures barometric pressure.
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What is hail?
Large pieces of ice.
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What is a hurricane?
This type of weather forms over the Sahara Desert and is measured in categories.
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What is a snow box?
This measures the amount of fallen snow.
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What is sleet?
Small pieces of hail.
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What is a thunderstorm?
This type of weather requires high temperatures and lots of moisture in the air.
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What is a rain gauge?
This measures the amount of rain that has fell.
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What is frozen rain?
Rain that freezes when it reaches the ground
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What is a typhoon?
This is a hurricane over the western pacific.
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