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Twenty Questions
Subject: Water
Cycle, Clouds, &
Weather Tools
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1. Why are there more
thunderstorms during the
summer?
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Summer days are longer, the Earth is
heated, warm air rises
2. What determines the type of
precipitation that falls (hail, sleet,
rain, or snow)?.
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Air temperature.
3. Wind tells us what?
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The weather is changing.
Winds from the south, make weather warmer
Winds from the north, make weather cooler
4. Hail is ice that falls after a
thunderstorm, even in the
summer. Why?
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Water droplets in the atmosphere are pushed
up into cooler layers of the atmosphere, over
and over until pellets form and finally fall to
the Earth
5. What is the most accurate way
to predict the weather?

Trust a reliable source such as a news
weather channel which uses weather
stations with instruments to predict the
weather
6. A thermometer is used to….
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Determine the temperature during an
experiment, or of the environment, or even
you body temperature.
7. Nothing is finer than a summer
in Carolina. What is a summer in
South Carolina like?
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HOT and HUMID!!!
8. Why is wind speed important?
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It can indicate a change in weather. Strong
winds may be dangerous and people might
need to take shelter.
9. Is ocean air warmer or cooler
than land air during the day?
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The ocean air is cooler and provides an
ocean breeze to cool the land. The ocean
takes longer than the land to heat up during
the day.
10. Wind speed is recorded in
what measurement?
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MPH or miles per hour
11. In order for it to rain, water
vapor must….
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Cool and condense
12. If you see drops of water
falling from the sky, it is called….
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Precipitation (rain)
13. The movement of water
through the stages of evaporation,
condensation, precipitation, runoff,
and storage is called….
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The water cycle.
14. Clouds that spread out, low,
covering the sun, and that bring
drizzle are called…

Stratus clouds.
15. Clouds that are high in the
sky, wispy, and bring fair weather
are called…

Cirrus clouds
16. Big, puffy, white clouds with
nice weather are called…
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Cumulus clouds
17. Clouds that bring
thunderstorms, rain or even hail,
and are dark gray are called…
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Cumulonimbus clouds
18. An anemometer checks…..
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Wind speed
19. A barometer measures
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Air pressure
20. A wind vane or wind sock
indicates….
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Wind direction