Temperature
You can tell the temperature by listening to a cricket's chirp
True!
About 200 thunderstorms rain down on earth every minute
False, it's actually about 2,000!
Sandstorms can swallow up entire cities
True!
In July 2001, rain in Kerala, India was bright purple
False, it was blood red!
Raindrops can be the size of mosquitoes
False, they can be the size of houseflies!
The coldest temperature ever recorded was -40 degrees C
False, it was -89.2 C!!
Sunshine often follows a volcanic eruption
False, lightning usually follows!
Dirt mixed with wind can make dust storms called red blizzards
False, they are called black blizzards
In 1972, a blizzard dumped 6 feet of snow on Iran, burying 200 villages
False, it was about 24 feet of snow!
Reno, NV is the windiest place on earth
False, Cape Farewell in Greenland is!
Mild Autumn temperatures often means bigger spiders in your home
True!
Cats and dogs have been known to sense when a tornado is approaching
True!
A mudslide can carry rocks, trees, cars, and entire buildings
True!
In 1684, the River Thames froze over for 2 days
False, it froze over for 2 months!
Tornadoes can be faster than formula 1 racing cars
True!
The hottest temperature ever recorded on earth was 122 degrees F
False, it was 134.1 F!
Rainstroms can push more than 18 feet of water ashore
False, but hurricanes can!
A heatwave can make glass bend
False, but it can bend train tracks!
In 525 BC, a snowstorm buried hundreds of soldiers in the Egyptian desert
False, it was a sandstorm!
Some frogs become silent just before it rains
False, they can get noisier!
The hottest temperature ever recorded in Reno, NV was 103 degrees F
False, it was 108 F!
Worms wriggle up from underground when a snowstorm is coming
False, but they do when a flood is coming!
Wildfires sometimes create tornadoes made of fire called fire whirls
True!
A 2003 heatwave turned grapes into raisins before they were picked
True!
A hurricane in Florida caused 900 captive pythons to escape
True!