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Little round (ages 6–8): Weather. Pages: the ten question cards, two answer sheets to a page (print one page per two teams), and the key on the last page, to fold back.
1. Sleet is rain that turns into what before it reaches the ground?
- A. ice pellets
- B. fog
- C. snowflakes
2. How many sides or arms does a snowflake have?
- A. four
- B. eight
- C. six
3. Can it ever be too cold to snow?
- A. no
- B. yes, below zero
- C. yes, at night
4. What makes the sound of thunder?
- A. lightning
- B. strong wind
- C. clouds bumping together
5. Snow looks white. What is each tiny ice crystal really like?
- A. white like paint
- B. see-through
- C. silver like foil
6. To see a rainbow, what needs to be behind you?
- A. the Moon
- B. the Sun
- C. a dark cloud
7. After fresh snow falls, how does it sound outside?
- A. full of echoes
- B. quieter
- C. louder
8. When water drops in a cloud get too heavy, what happens?
- A. they float into space
- B. they turn into wind
- C. they fall as rain
9. What is fog?
- A. a cloud touching the ground
- B. dust from the road
- C. smoke from chimneys
10. What are clouds made of?
- A. tiny water drops or ice
- B. puffs of smoke
- C. bits of cotton
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- A: ice pellets. That is how the National Weather Service describes sleet.
- C: six. Ice crystals grow in six-sided shapes, so snowflakes have six arms.
- A: no. It can be too warm to snow, but it can never be too cold.
- A: lightning. Lightning heats the air so fast that the air bursts outward with a boom.
- B: see-through. Snow appears white, but it is actually translucent, like a clear window.
- B: the Sun. Rainbows show up when sunlight shines into drops of water floating in the air.
- B: quieter. Fresh snow soaks up sound waves, so the world goes hushed.
- C: they fall as rain. Inside a cloud, tiny drops join together and grow bigger and bigger.
- A: a cloud touching the ground. If you have walked through fog, you have walked through a cloud.
- A: tiny water drops or ice. Each cloud holds billions of drops so small that they float in the air.
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