2. A MEASUREMENT USES
NUMBERS TO DESCRIBE
PROPERTIES OF OBJECTS.
EX: LENGTH, TEMPERATURE, AIR PRESSURE,
DEWPOINT AND HUMIDITY ARE SOME MEASURABLE
QUANTITIES
3. INSTRUMENTS ARE USED TO MEASURE
THE QUANTITIES OF PROPERTIES OF
OBJECTS.
I MUST KNOW THE FOLLOWING INSTRUMENTS AND
WHAT THEY MEASURE:
4. THERMOMETER MEASURES TEMPERATURE
IN CELSIUS, FAHRENHIET AND KELVIN
ESRT PAGE 13 SHOWS HOW TO
FAHEHRENHEIT, CELSIUS AND KELVIN
INTO EACH OTHER.
7. On the regents, I might be asked to draw
ISOBARS. ISOBARS: connect points with
equal pressure readings.
8. On the regents, I might be asked to draw
ISOBARS. ISOBARS: connect points with
equal pressure readings.
9. Winds are caused by pressure differences.
Winds flow from high pressure to low
HIGH PRESSURE
10. Surface winds are most likely blowing
from
• a. Danbury toward New
York City
• b. Poughkeepsie toward
Scranton
• c. Binghamton toward
Danbury
• d. Port Jervis toward
Binghamton
11. ISOBARS are always drawn in intervals of 4
millibars: 1000, 1004, 1008, 1012, 1016….
12. ISOBARS are always drawn in intervals of 4
millibars: 1000, 1004, 1008, 1012, 1016….