Weather Wonders
This colorful arc appears after rain when sunlight shines through water drops.
What is a rainbow?
The huge, bright star that gives Earth light and heat.
What is the Sun?
This vehicle carries people across the sky and has wings and engines.
➡️ What is an airplane?
This happens when Earth turns and your area faces away from the Sun.
What is nighttime?
This is what is happening when rain falls from clouds.
What is precipitation?
This loud sound you hear during a storm after you see lightning.
What is thunder?
Earth’s natural satellite that orbits around it.
What is the Moon?
A flying vehicle with spinning blades on top instead of wings.
➡️ What is a helicopter?
The phase when the Moon looks like a full circle.
What is a full moon?
The layer of gases that surrounds Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
This kind of storm has strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, and thunder.
➡️ What is a thunderstorm?
When the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and blocks the sunlight.
What is a solar eclipse?
A colorful object flown with string on a windy day.
What is a kite?
The name for a “shooting star” that streaks across the sky.
What is a meteor?
The force that pulls everything toward Earth.
What is gravity?
Frozen rain that falls as small balls of ice.
What is hail?
The galaxy that contains our solar system.
What is the Milky Way?
A large balloon that floats in the sky using hot air.
➡️ What is a hot air balloon?
This happens when Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon, making the Moon dark.
What is a lunar eclipse?
The first human to travel into space in 1961.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
This powerful spinning storm forms over warm ocean water and can cause flooding and strong winds.
What is a hurricane
The first astronauts to land on the Moon in 1969 were part of this mission.
What is Apollo 11?
In 1903, these two brothers made the first successful powered airplane flight.
Who are the Wright brothers?
This natural light show near the North Pole is also called the Northern Lights.
➡️ What is the aurora borealis?
This space telescope, launched in 1990, takes amazing pictures of stars and galaxies.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?