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Big round (ages 12 and up): 🌦️ Weather · 🌋 Planet Earth. Ten questions. Tap a box to see the answer.

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  1. 1.What is hoarfrost?
    • A rain that freezes in the air
    • B snow blown into drifts
    • C ice crystals that grow right onto a cold surface
  2. 2.Which mountain's peak is the farthest from the center of the Earth?
    • A Mount Everest
    • B Mount Chimborazo
    • C Mount Kilimanjaro
  3. 3.Earth's axis is tilted by about how many degrees?
    • A about 5 degrees
    • B about 23.5 degrees
    • C about 45 degrees
  4. 4.Which is Earth's thickest layer, at about 2,900 kilometers?
    • A the mantle
    • B the inner core
    • C the crust
  5. 5.Winds blowing in different directions or speeds at different heights are called what?
    • A trade winds
    • B the jet stream
    • C wind shear
  6. 6.When water vapor changes straight into ice without becoming liquid, what is it called?
    • A sublimation
    • B condensation
    • C deposition
  7. 7.People say 10 inches of snow melts into 1 inch of water. Is that always true?
    • A no, it is always 5 inches
    • B no, it changes from snow to snow
    • C yes, every time
  8. 8.Officially, a blizzard has winds faster than what speed?
    • A 35 miles per hour
    • B 15 miles per hour
    • C 75 miles per hour
  9. 9.When sunlight enters a raindrop, which color bends the most?
    • A red
    • B yellow
    • C violet
  10. 10.Hurricanes north of the equator spin in which direction?
    • A counterclockwise
    • B clockwise
    • C back and forth
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  1. C: ice crystals that grow right onto a cold surface. It forms when the surface is colder than the frost point of the air around it. Source: National Snow and Ice Data Center
  2. B: Mount Chimborazo. Earth bulges at the equator, and Chimborazo sits just one degree south of it. Source: NOAA National Ocean Service
  3. B: about 23.5 degrees. The Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn sit at 23.5 degrees for the same reason. Source: NOAA NESDIS (SciJinks)
  4. A: the mantle. NASA compares the hot rock of the mantle to thick, slow-moving caramel. Source: NASA
  5. C: wind shear. Wind shear helps set up the spinning air inside storms that can form tornadoes. Source: NOAA NESDIS (SciJinks)
  6. C: deposition. Sublimation is the opposite, when ice turns straight into vapor. Source: NASA Science for Kids
  7. B: no, it changes from snow to snow. Snow scientists say the ten-to-one rule is not always right: snow holds different amounts of water. Source: National Snow and Ice Data Center
  8. A: 35 miles per hour. The snow must also cut how far you can see to under a quarter mile, for more than 3 hours. Source: National Snow and Ice Data Center
  9. C: violet. Violet has the shortest wavelength of visible light, and red has the longest. Source: NOAA NESDIS (SciJinks)
  10. A: counterclockwise. South of the equator they spin the other way, because of Earth's rotation. Source: NASA Space Place

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