LS-Science pg 68-71 (Meteorology)
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- Q1Early scientists observed _________________ and their effects on weatherstarsall of thesemoonsun30s
- Q2Greek philosopher and teacher who wrote a book about meteorologyHomerAristotleSocrates30s
- Q3The book that Aristotle wroteMeteorologicaThe IliadThe Odyssey30s
- Q4Italian astronomer and mathematician who developed the first thermometerEvangelista TorricelliHomerGalileo GalileiAristotle30s
- Q5Invented the first practical barometer that measured air pressureAristotleEvangelista TorricelliGalileo GalileiHomer30s
- Q6Because French and British lost ___________ ships in a violent storm, European nations and the United States set out to share weather data2439301230s
- Q7To help with this endeavor, in 1849, telegraph companies received weather equipment fromthe Weather BureauThe National Weather Servicethe Smithsonian Institution30s
- Q8By 1860, more than _____________telegraph stations provided weather information5001002501,00030s
- Q9In order to create weather forecasts from the data, the government created theSmithsonian InstitutionNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationWeather Bureau30s
- Q10Who was President when the Weather Bureau was creataedWoodrow WilsonFranklin RooseveltUlysses S Grant30s
- Q11In the 1920s, battery powered radios were carried by ___________ to collect data of upper airballoonsairplaneshelicopters30s
- Q12The National Weather Service still exists and is part of theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSmithsonian InstitutionWeather Bureau30s
- Q13Today, the NOAA uses ___________________ to collect data from space, air, oceans and the groundweather balloonsDoppler radarweather satellitesall of these30s
- Q14Supercomputers in ________________ analyze the weather data collectedPhiladelphiaNew York CityBostonWashington, D.C.30s