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

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