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Chapter 12 space and earth science
8th grade Gates class
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Science
8th Grade
02/23/2012

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Thermometer
Definition
instrument that measures temperature
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fahrenheit
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Gabrial Fahrenheit introduced it
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fiducial points
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fixed temperature scale that helps science work together
ferinherit 32 freezing 212 boiling
celcius 0 boiling 100 freezing
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celsius
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Anders Celsius introduced
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bourdon tube thermometers
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coiled.flexible metal tube filled with fluid
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thermograph
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records temperature over a period of time
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aneroid barometer
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lucien vidie invinted
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millibar
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what National Weather Service uses most
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barographs
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records changes in atmospheric pressures
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Psychrometer
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has a wet bulb and measures humidity
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hygrometer
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use to use human hair to measure humidity
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anemometer
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measures wind speed
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wind vane
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shows wind direction
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rain guage
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measures amount precipitation
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pilot balloon
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determines wind speed in lower atmasphere
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radar
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another specialized tool astronomers use
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rawinsonde
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use at night or bad weather, a balloon with small radio transmitter
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station model
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plotted weather data from each weather station almost every hour
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isotherms
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a weather map
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isobars
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lines on a weather map
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contour line
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connects point on a weather map
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NOAA
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national oceanic atmospheric administration
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