{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/fun-weather-fun",
 "id": "fun-weather-fun",
 "title": "Weather and Sky Fun Facts",
 "category": "trivia-fun",
 "subject": "Weather",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Clouds, storms, rainbows and other things in the sky.",
 "tags": [
  "weather",
  "clouds",
  "sky"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Question",
 "backLabel": "Answer",
 "cards": [
  [
   "What are clouds made of?",
   "Tiny drops of water or ice crystals"
  ],
  [
   "What are fluffy white clouds called?",
   "Cumulus"
  ],
  [
   "What are thin, wispy clouds high in the sky called?",
   "Cirrus"
  ],
  [
   "What are flat gray sheets of cloud called?",
   "Stratus"
  ],
  [
   "What are tall dark storm clouds called?",
   "Cumulonimbus"
  ],
  [
   "What is fog?",
   "A cloud near the ground"
  ],
  [
   "What causes rain?",
   "Water drops in clouds get heavy and fall"
  ],
  [
   "What is snow?",
   "Frozen crystals that fall from clouds"
  ],
  [
   "What is hail?",
   "Balls of ice that fall during storms"
  ],
  [
   "What is sleet?",
   "Frozen raindrops"
  ],
  [
   "What causes thunder?",
   "The sound of air heating up fast around lightning"
  ],
  [
   "What is lightning?",
   "A giant spark of electricity in the sky"
  ],
  [
   "Which comes first, lightning or thunder?",
   "You see lightning first because light travels faster than sound"
  ],
  [
   "What should you do in a thunderstorm?",
   "Go indoors"
  ],
  [
   "What makes a rainbow?",
   "Sunlight bending through raindrops"
  ],
  [
   "How many colors are in a rainbow?",
   "Seven: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet"
  ],
  [
   "What is a tornado?",
   "A spinning funnel of wind that touches the ground"
  ],
  [
   "What is a hurricane?",
   "A huge ocean storm with strong winds and rain"
  ],
  [
   "What is the center of a hurricane called?",
   "The eye"
  ],
  [
   "What is a blizzard?",
   "A snowstorm with strong winds"
  ],
  [
   "What is a drought?",
   "A long time with little rain"
  ],
  [
   "What is a flood?",
   "Water covering land that is usually dry"
  ],
  [
   "What is wind?",
   "Moving air"
  ],
  [
   "What do we use to measure temperature?",
   "A thermometer"
  ],
  [
   "What do we use to measure wind speed?",
   "An anemometer"
  ],
  [
   "What do we use to measure rain?",
   "A rain gauge"
  ],
  [
   "What does a barometer measure?",
   "Air pressure"
  ],
  [
   "What does a weather vane show?",
   "Which way the wind blows"
  ],
  [
   "What is humidity?",
   "How much water is in the air"
  ],
  [
   "What is the water cycle?",
   "Water evaporates, makes clouds, falls as rain, and flows back"
  ],
  [
   "What is evaporation?",
   "When liquid water turns into a gas"
  ],
  [
   "What is condensation?",
   "When water vapor turns into drops"
  ],
  [
   "What is precipitation?",
   "Rain, snow, sleet or hail falling from the sky"
  ],
  [
   "What is a meteorologist?",
   "A scientist who studies and forecasts weather"
  ],
  [
   "What is a forecast?",
   "A prediction of the weather"
  ],
  [
   "What is climate?",
   "The usual weather of a place over many years"
  ],
  [
   "What are the four seasons?",
   "Spring, summer, fall (autumn) and winter"
  ],
  [
   "What is the equinox?",
   "A day with about equal day and night, in spring and fall"
  ],
  [
   "What is the solstice?",
   "The longest or shortest day of the year"
  ],
  [
   "What is a frost?",
   "A thin layer of ice crystals on cold surfaces"
  ],
  [
   "What is dew?",
   "Tiny water drops that form on grass overnight"
  ],
  [
   "What is a monsoon?",
   "A seasonal wind that brings heavy rains"
  ],
  [
   "What are the northern lights called?",
   "Aurora borealis"
  ],
  [
   "What is a heat wave?",
   "A long period of very hot weather"
  ],
  [
   "What is a sunbeam?",
   "A ray of sunshine"
  ],
  [
   "What is a sundog?",
   "A bright spot beside the Sun caused by ice crystals"
  ],
  [
   "What is a halo around the Moon?",
   "A ring caused by light passing through ice crystals"
  ],
  [
   "What is a rain shadow?",
   "A dry area behind mountains"
  ],
  [
   "Which US state gets the most tornadoes?",
   "Texas"
  ],
  [
   "Where is the rainiest place in the continental US?",
   "The Pacific Northwest coast, including parts of Washington"
  ],
  [
   "Why is the sky blue?",
   "Air scatters blue light from the Sun more than other colors"
  ],
  [
   "Why are sunsets red?",
   "Light travels through more air and the blue is scattered away"
  ]
 ]
}