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- 1.At about 23°F, snow crystals tend to grow into which shape?
- A flat plates
- B round balls
- C long needles
- 2.When sunlight enters a raindrop, which color bends the most?
- A yellow
- B red
- C violet
- 3.In the water cycle, what is it called when plants give off water vapor?
- A infiltration
- B precipitation
- C transpiration
- 4.People say 10 inches of snow melts into 1 inch of water. Is that always true?
- A yes, every time
- B no, it is always 5 inches
- C no, it changes from snow to snow
- 5.When water vapor changes straight into ice without becoming liquid, what is it called?
- A deposition
- B condensation
- C sublimation
- 6.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
- 7.About how hot can the air in a lightning channel get?
- A about 50,000 °F
- B about 5,000 °F
- C about 500 °F
- 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.Winds blowing in different directions or speeds at different heights are called what?
- A the jet stream
- B trade winds
- C wind shear
- 10.Hurricanes north of the equator spin in which direction?
- A back and forth
- B clockwise
- C counterclockwise
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- C: long needles. At about 5°F they grow as very flat plates instead. Source: NOAA
- C: violet. Violet has the shortest wavelength of visible light, and red has the longest. Source: NOAA NESDIS (SciJinks)
- C: transpiration. Water moves up from a plant's roots and escapes into the air from its leaves. Source: NASA Science for Kids
- C: 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
- A: deposition. Sublimation is the opposite, when ice turns straight into vapor. Source: NASA Science for Kids
- 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
- A: about 50,000 °F. That is about five times hotter than the surface of the Sun. Source: National Weather Service
- 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
- C: wind shear. Wind shear helps set up the spinning air inside storms that can form tornadoes. Source: NOAA NESDIS (SciJinks)
- C: counterclockwise. South of the equator they spin the other way, because of Earth's rotation. Source: NASA Space Place
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