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- 1 http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_causes_snow.htm
http://www.discoverymagazine.com/digger/d93dd/d9304dd.html
http://meteorologyclimatology.suite101.com/article.cfm/what_causes_snow_sleet_and_freezing_rain
http://www.fema.gov/kids/thwhat.htm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado
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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/index.html
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
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http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloudhome.html
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- Learning about the Weather By Kimberly Salfarlie Grade 3
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- Sunny Days 4 Click the pic The suns relationship to earth
determines the season. About one million Earths could fit inside
the sun. Photosynthesi s is a process which uses the suns light to
grow flowers. It takes 8 minutes for the suns light to reach
Earth.
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- 5 The clouds in our sky!
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- 6 High Altitude Clouds Cirrus clouds are thin and wispy.
Cirrocumulus clouds have a patch like appearance. Cumulonimbus
clouds produce lightning, heavy rains, hail, strong winds and
tornados. Multi layer clouds Nimbostratus clouds are very dark
associated with large areas of precipitation. Above 18,000
feet
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- 7 Stratus are generally the lowest (besides fog) and dont have
much definition. Cumulus are puffy with distinct edges and have a
bit of height Stratocumulus are generally clusters and have a
popcorn like appearance. Mid-level clouds Altostratus covers the
sky uniformly and it makes it hard to see individual features.
Altocumulus are either patchy & scattered or linear bands.
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- 9 Rain drops can fall at speeds of about 22 miles an hour. Rain
is recycled water evaporated from our worlds lakes, rivers, oceans,
etc. Rain drops do not fall in a tear drop shape, they originally
fall in the shape of a flat oval Rain starts off as ice or snow
crystals at cloud level. Click the pic Click the pic
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- Lightning 10 Click the pic Lightning bolts travel at speeds of
up to 60,000 miles per Florida is the lightning capital of the
United States Temperatures in the path of a lightning bolt can
reach as high as 50,000 F Struck by Lightning still survive More
than 70% of all people
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- Snow 13
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- 14 The record snow fall in one season is in Buffalo in 1977
(199.4 inches) There are five different shapes of snowflakes The
largest snowflake recorded was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.
Click the pic
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- 16 Hurricane Fast Facts Hurricanes are rated from 1-4. A
category 4 is the strongest hurricane. There were 3 hurricanes in
the 2009 season, and 8 in the 2008 season A Hurricane has to be
category 3 or higher in order to be considered a major hurricane.
In order for a storm to be classified as a hurricane it must have
winds of at least 75 mph. Click the pic
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- Tornado 17 Click the pic
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- 18 The tornado is the most violent of all earths storms.
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- What instrument measures the intensity of a tornado? 19
Berometer Fijita scale Thermometer Rictor scale
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- 22 Which natural disaster can produce the fastest winds on
earth? C) tornado A) Tsunami B) Cyclone D) Hurricane
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- 25 Which one of the following is NOT a type of cloud? A)
Tenorstratus C) Stratus B) Cumulus D) altocumulus
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- 28 Which natural disaster cannot be caused by shifts in
tectonic plates? B) avalanche D) Hurricane A) Volcanic eruption C)
earthquake
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- 31 On average what are your chances of being struck by
lightning in a given year? D) 1 in 7,000,000 C) 1 in 700,000 B) 1
in 70,000 A) 1 in 7,000
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- 34 What is the most dangerous type of avalanche? D) Wet
avalanche B) Looses avalanche C) Ice fall avalanche A) Dry slab
avalanche
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- 37 Which of the following islands was completely destroyed
during an 1893 hurricane? A) Sumatra, Indonesia B) Bimini, Bahamas
C) Rotuma, Polynesia D) Hog Island, New York
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- 40 Rain drops usually fall in what shape? A) It varies B)
square C) oval D) Tear drop
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- 43 Who discovered the seven distinct colors of the visible
rainbow? A) Poe B) Newton C) Van Goah D) Jeeter
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- 46 How often does lightning occur worldwide? A) 25 to 50 times
per second C) 250 to 500 times per hour B) 50 to 100 times per
second D) 500 to 1,000 times per day
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- 49 How many different shapes of snowflakes are there? A) five
C) 100 B) infinateD) 27
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- 52 The suns relationship to _______ determines the season. A)
The cloudsC) earth B) moon D) The stars
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