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| An early tool for determining wind direction. |
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| An early tool for determining wind direction. |
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| An instrument invented by Torricelli to measure air pressure by using mercury in a glass tube. |
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| An instrument used to measure wind speed. |
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| An instrument used to measure relative humidity. |
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| An instrument that measures air pressure without mercury |
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| An instrument used to measure air temperature. |
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| A device that carries weather instruments into Earth's atmosphere. |
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| An advanced system that locates and tracks storms. |
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| A device that orbits the Earth and collects weather data. |
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| An air mass has similar weather conditions throughout. True or false? |
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| True or False? An air mass is very small |
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| True or false? A front forms outside two different air masses. |
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| True or false? When 2 air masses meet, they mix together. |
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| True or false? Air masses generally move from west to east across the United States. |
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| True or false? Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) are installed in lighthouses nationwide. |
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| False. They are installed at airports nationwide. |
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| True or false? AWIPS gives acces to the weather data collected only in the United States? |
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| False. It is collected from around the world. |
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| True or false? A stationary front occurs when an air mass stops moving. |
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| True or false? On the weather map, H and L stand for high pressure and low pressure air systems. |
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