Clouds | Severe Weather | Water Cycle | Seasons | Miscellaneous |
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What kind of precipitation can fall from clouds?
rain, snow, sleet, hail
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What kind of severe weather happens in Wisconsin?
Thunderstorms, tornadoes, and blizzards
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What is it called when water is changed into water vapor?
Evaporation
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What are the four seasons?
spring, summer, fall, and winter
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What is the person that studies weather called?
A meteorologist
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What kind of cloud is fluffy with a flat bottom with a lot of blue sky?
Cumulus
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What should you do if a tornado or thunderstorm is coming?
Take cover in a basement, cellar, bathroom, or ditch.
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What is it called when water vapor changes into clouds?
Condensation
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What causes the seasons to change?
The tilt on the earth's axis.
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What is the tool that measures how warm or how cold it is outside and what is the unit we use with it?
A thermometer and we measure in degrees Fahrenheit or degrees Celsius
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What kind of cloud is like a gray blanket that covers the sky?
Stratus
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What is the difference between a thunderstorm or torndado watch and a warning?
A watch means the conditions are right for a thunderstorm or tornado can take place but a warning means that a thunderstorm or tornado is on its way and people should take cover in a safe place.
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What is it called when rain or snow falls from the sky?
Precipitaiton
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If the Earth was not tilted, would we have any seasons?
No each part of the earth would stay the same temperature, the north and south poles very cold, the middle more moderate, and the equator very hot.
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At what temperature does water freeze?
32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius
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What kind of cloud combines two cumulous clouds to form one cloud that produces large amounts of rain?
Cumulonimbus
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True or False: Every funnel cloud in the sky results in a tornado.
False
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What is the water called when it is evaporated into the air?
Water vapor
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If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
Winter
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What is the tool that meteorologists use for wind speed that looks like bowls that we use for cereal?
An anemometer
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What kind of cloud looks like feathers in the sky?
Cirrus
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What is the place that is hit by the most tornadoes in the United States called?
Tornado Alley
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True or False: The water that falls from the sky has been around as long as the Earth has.
True
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What makes the leaves begin to fall in the fall?
Less sunlight causes the leaves to fall.
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What kind of weather does high air pressure bring?
Nice sunny days with little to no clouds or wind
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