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History of Weather
Clouds
Water, By Any Other Name
Weather Tools
Other Weather Questions
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Name 3 places on the earth where you can find water.
Lakes, Oceans, Ponds, Rivers
100
What is the weather like if you look out and see white puffy clouds in the sky?
Sunny weather. Good weather.
100
Name the 3 forms that water comes in:
liquid, solid, gas
100
What do you call a scientist who studies weather?
A meteorologist
100
Moving air is called ____________
wind
200
True or False Most of the water on the planet is SALT water.
TRUE
200
What do you call a big puffy cloud that is dark on the bottom?
Cumulonimbus
200
Solid water is called ___________________
Ice
200
A tool used to measure temperature?
thermometer
200
Name 3 kinds of PRECIPITATION:
rain, sleet, snow, hail
300
Where is most of the fresh water on the earth?
At the North & South Poles
300
What are clouds made of?
Water vapor & dust
300
When you heat ice, what happens to it?
It melts
300
A tool used to measure wind speed?
Anomometer
300
Hail only comes during what kind of weather?
Thunderstorms
400
What fraction of the earth is covered by water? a. 1/2 b. All of it c. 3/4
c. 3/4
400
What happens when clouds become too heavy with water droplets?
It rains or snows
400
Sooner or later, where does all the water on earth end up?
In the ocean
400
A tool for measuring wind DIRECTION?
Weather Vane or wind sock
400
True or False Water never changes. It always stays the same - a liquid.
False. Water is always changing.
500
True or False All of the water that was on the earth 4.5 billion years ago is still here.
True
500
A low cloud that touches the ground is called___________________
fog
500
Why can't we see water vapor?
It's a gas
500
A tool to measure the amount of rain?
Rain guage
500
What do we call a dangerous funnel-shaped wind?
Tornado