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A barometer measures the barometric pressure of the atmosphere. This has to do with the relative humidity. The more moisture suspended in the air, the more it weighs. A weather thermometer measures the temperature of the air.
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Does a thermometer tell you air pressure?
No a barometer does a thermometer measures temperature
What is in a thermometer and a barometer?
A thermometer measures temperature - most are now electric but they used to have alcohol or mercury in them. A barometer measures air pressure - they are now electric but used to have air in them (in a bellows with a spring).
An aneroid barometer is different from a mercury barometer in that it does not contain?
Mercury
Which statement accurately describes a difference between a mercury barometer and an aneroid barometer?
One statement to accurately describe a difference between a mercury barometer and an aneroid barometer is that a mercury barometer is a closed tube containing mercury. An aneroid barometer is a closed, flexible container of gas.
What are three different sorts of thermomenters?
Three different types of thermometers are :- 1. Liquid thermometer 2. Digital thermometer 3. Laser thermometer
How global weather is monitored?
By using a thermometer and the barometer.=)
What rhymes with barometer?
thermometer
What are 5 different weather instruments with pictures?
anemometer,thermometer,barometer,weather vane,hydrogen
What rhymes with thermometer?
Barometer, tachometer,
Does a thermometer tell you air pressure?
No a barometer does a thermometer measures temperature
What is the difference between Mercury barometer and a aneroid barometer?
their spelling is different.
What is the difference between the aneroid barometer and a mercury barometer?
their spelling is different.
Thermometer is to air pressure as what is to air pressure?
You asked the question wrong. The analogy was : Thermometer is to Temperature as Barometer is to Air Pressure.A meteorologist uses his Barometer to measure pressure in millibars, very small changes in the atmosphere's pressure. He uses the Thermometer to measure the air Temperature.
What devices contain mercury?
Thermometer or barometer
What were the inventions made during the period between 1400 to 1700 AD?
Mercury barometer - invented by Evangelist Torricelli (1608) barometer Aneroid barometer - invented by Lucien Vidie in 1843 Cassegrain telescope thermometer pendulum clock
What instruments are used for monitoring weather?
Psychrometer, Barometer, Thermometer, Gauge, Wind Vane and Antimometer.
How is a thermometer able to measure air?
a barometer is used to measure the air pressure, not a thermometer! A thermometer is used to measure the temperature.
