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Little round (ages 6–8): 🌦️ Weather · 🌋 Planet Earth. Ten questions. Tap a box to see the answer.
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The ten, for a host reading aloud
- 1.Can it ever be too cold to snow?
- A yes, below zero
- B no
- C yes, at night
- 2.What do we call a hot spring that shoots water up into the air?
- A a geyser
- B a glacier
- C a waterfall
- 3.Sleet is rain that turns into what before it reaches the ground?
- A fog
- B snowflakes
- C ice pellets
- 4.What is the hot, melted rock under a volcano called?
- A clay
- B magma
- C sand
- 5.After fresh snow falls, how does it sound outside?
- A quieter
- B full of echoes
- C louder
- 6.What makes the sound of thunder?
- A strong wind
- B lightning
- C clouds bumping together
- 7.What are clouds made of?
- A bits of cotton
- B tiny water drops or ice
- C puffs of smoke
- 8.To see a rainbow, what needs to be behind you?
- A the Moon
- B the Sun
- C a dark cloud
- 9.What are hailstones made of?
- A ice
- B tiny rocks
- C salt
- 10.When water drops in a cloud get too heavy, what happens?
- A they fall as rain
- B they float into space
- C they turn into wind
🔑 Show the answers
- B: no. It can be too warm to snow, but it can never be too cold. Source: National Snow and Ice Data Center
- A: a geyser. Old Faithful in Yellowstone is one of the most famous geysers in the world. Source: National Park Service
- C: ice pellets. That is how the National Weather Service describes sleet. Source: National Weather Service
- B: magma. When magma comes out onto the ground, we call it lava. Source: National Park Service
- A: quieter. Fresh snow soaks up sound waves, so the world goes hushed. Source: National Snow and Ice Data Center
- B: lightning. Lightning heats the air so fast that the air bursts outward with a boom. Source: National Weather Service
- B: tiny water drops or ice. Each cloud holds billions of drops so small that they float in the air. Source: NOAA NESDIS (SciJinks)
- B: the Sun. Rainbows show up when sunlight shines into drops of water floating in the air. Source: NOAA NESDIS (SciJinks)
- A: ice. Hail forms high up inside big thunderstorm clouds where it is very cold. Source: NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
- A: they fall as rain. Inside a cloud, tiny drops join together and grow bigger and bigger. Source: NOAA NESDIS (SciJinks)
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