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Weather and Sky Fun Facts
Clouds, storms, rainbows and other things in the sky.
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- What are clouds made of?QuestionTiny drops of water or ice crystals
- What are fluffy white clouds called?QuestionCumulus
- What are thin, wispy clouds high in the sky called?QuestionCirrus
- What are flat gray sheets of cloud called?QuestionStratus
- What are tall dark storm clouds called?QuestionCumulonimbus
- What is fog?QuestionA cloud near the ground
- What causes rain?QuestionWater drops in clouds get heavy and fall
- What is snow?QuestionFrozen crystals that fall from clouds
- What is hail?QuestionBalls of ice that fall during storms
- What is sleet?QuestionFrozen raindrops
- What causes thunder?QuestionThe sound of air heating up fast around lightning
- What is lightning?QuestionA giant spark of electricity in the sky
- Which comes first, lightning or thunder?QuestionYou see lightning first because light travels faster than sound
- What should you do in a thunderstorm?QuestionGo indoors
- What makes a rainbow?QuestionSunlight bending through raindrops
- How many colors are in a rainbow?QuestionSeven: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- What is a tornado?QuestionA spinning funnel of wind that touches the ground
- What is a hurricane?QuestionA huge ocean storm with strong winds and rain
- What is the center of a hurricane called?QuestionThe eye
- What is a blizzard?QuestionA snowstorm with strong winds
- What is a drought?QuestionA long time with little rain
- What is a flood?QuestionWater covering land that is usually dry
- What is wind?QuestionMoving air
- What do we use to measure temperature?QuestionA thermometer
- What do we use to measure wind speed?QuestionAn anemometer
- What do we use to measure rain?QuestionA rain gauge
- What does a barometer measure?QuestionAir pressure
- What does a weather vane show?QuestionWhich way the wind blows
- What is humidity?QuestionHow much water is in the air
- What is the water cycle?QuestionWater evaporates, makes clouds, falls as rain, and flows back
- What is evaporation?QuestionWhen liquid water turns into a gas
- What is condensation?QuestionWhen water vapor turns into drops
- What is precipitation?QuestionRain, snow, sleet or hail falling from the sky
- What is a meteorologist?QuestionA scientist who studies and forecasts weather
- What is a forecast?QuestionA prediction of the weather
- What is climate?QuestionThe usual weather of a place over many years
- What are the four seasons?QuestionSpring, summer, fall (autumn) and winter
- What is the equinox?QuestionA day with about equal day and night, in spring and fall
- What is the solstice?QuestionThe longest or shortest day of the year
- What is a frost?QuestionA thin layer of ice crystals on cold surfaces
- What is dew?QuestionTiny water drops that form on grass overnight
- What is a monsoon?QuestionA seasonal wind that brings heavy rains
- What are the northern lights called?QuestionAurora borealis
- What is a heat wave?QuestionA long period of very hot weather
- What is a sunbeam?QuestionA ray of sunshine
- What is a sundog?QuestionA bright spot beside the Sun caused by ice crystals
- What is a halo around the Moon?QuestionA ring caused by light passing through ice crystals
- What is a rain shadow?QuestionA dry area behind mountains
- Which US state gets the most tornadoes?QuestionTexas
- Where is the rainiest place in the continental US?QuestionThe Pacific Northwest coast, including parts of Washington
- Why is the sky blue?QuestionAir scatters blue light from the Sun more than other colors
- Why are sunsets red?QuestionLight travels through more air and the blue is scattered away
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