Atoms and Molecules
Negatively charged subatomic particles are called what?
Electrons
A water molecule has an overall neutral charge but the charges are located on opposite ends of the molecule. This is called...
Polarity
Snowflakes start with a speck of...
dust
the temperature in the cloud is warmer than the air around it and rises
Atoms are the building blocks of...
All matter (not "everything" though!)
A water molecule has two types of atoms- an oxygen and two hydrogens. Which side of the molecule has a negative charge?
The oxygen side
When the water freezes it goes from which state to which state?
From a vapor to a solid
What is the largest type of storm on the planet?
Hurricanes
The neutral part of an atom's nucleus is called a...
Neutron
What changes water's boiling point and freezing point
Additives or impurities like salt
Snowflakes grow arms from which area of the snowflake?
The corners of the main crystal in the center
What causes lightning?
Ice crystals break apart and bump into each other creating a charge, and then separate from each other. They reconnect with an electrical shock called lightning
The positive part of an atom is called a...
Proton
A water molecule bonds to another water molecule and holds liquid water together, which is why belly flops hurt. What is this property called?
The crystal structure of ice is called...
Lattice structure
What property in the air causes precipitation
Humidity, or the amount of water in the air
Electrons do what around the nucleus of an atom?
Orbit
Water doesn't change temperature very easily. This is called...
Specific heat
How are snowflakes identified and catagorized?
By the configuration of atoms as seen through X-rays by crystallographers
This type of precipitation is formed when water droplets freeze and begin to fall and collect a water coating over the ice, and are blown back up from the storm's updraft to freeze, back and forth until it becomes heavy enough to fall?
Hail