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CLOUDS
PRECIPITATION
WATER CYCLE
INSTRUMENTS
MYSTERY
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What is the wispy, feathery cloud?
cirrus
100
What color are rain clouds?
Gray
100
True or False Water is always leaving the Earth.
False The water on Earth has always been here. It just moves through the water cycle.
100
What instrument is used to measure wind speed?
anemometer
100
What is a spiral of air whirling upward at very high speed?
A tornado.
200
What is a cloud made of?
water droplets
200
How many drops of drizzle make one rain drop? A. 7 drops C. 700 drops B. 70 drops D. 7000 drops
C. 700 drops
200
What do we call water droplets falling from clouds?
precipitation
200
What does a barometer measure?
air pressure
200
What is a jet stream?
A jet stream is a strong wind many miles above land.
300
What are the three main types of clouds?
stratus, cumulus, cirrus
300
What is the total yearly rainfall for Cherrapunji, India for 1861? (This is the record rainfall for one year!) A. 90 inches B. 905.12 inches C. 1900.25 inches C. 3.14159 inches
B. 905.12 inches
300
Can you see evaporation?
No. It is invisible.
300
What measures wind direction?
wind vane/wind sock
300
What are the colors that make up the sun's rays?
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet R.O.Y.G.B.I.V
400
What type of cloud often contains heavy rain and hail? A. cumulonimbus C. tornado cloud B. stratus D. cirrocumulus
A. cumulonimbus
400
What is the temperature to turn rain into sleet?
0 Celsius (32 Fahrenheit)
400
What happens to water as it flows through the ground?
It gets cleaned.
400
What is used to measure rainfall?
a rain gauge
400
What are the five layers of the atmosphere? [does not have to be in order]
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
500
What type of cloud do tornadoes form from? A. cirrus C. altostratus B. cumulonimbus D. stratocumulus
B. cumulonimbus
500
How is sleet formed?
Snow melts in the air and then refreezes to create tiny balls of ice.
500
What is the process of water vapor turning into liquid water called?
condensation
500
What is the best way to track storms?
radar and/or satellite
500
Why is the sky blue?
The blue sun rays get through the atmosphere.