Learning about the Weather

1http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_causes_snow.htmhttp://www.discoverymagazine.com/digger/d93dd/d9304dd.htmlhttp://meteorologyclimatology.suite101.com/article.cfm/what_causes_snow_sleet_and_freezing_rain

http://www.fema.gov/kids/thwhat.htmhttp://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/lightning-profile.html?source=sem_G2305c_ESV&esvcid=S1272425113_ADOGOC_AGI3831008_ADI5424867_TRMbGlnaHRuaW5nJTIwdHJhY2tlcg%3d%3d_RFDd3d3Lndpc2VnZWVrLmNvbQ%3d%3d&utm_source=google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_term=lightning%20tracker&utm_content=S1272425113_ADOGOC_AGI3831008_ADI5424867_TRMbGlnaHRuaW5nJTIwdHJhY2tlcg%3d%3d_RFDd3d3Lndpc2VnZWVrLmNvbQ%3d%3d&utm_campaign=Environment-+Content&gclid=CP7Ijve4qKECFYd-5QodpQz4FAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning52The suns relationship to _______ determines the season.A) The cloudsC) earthB) moonD) The starsLearning about the WeatherBy Kimberly SalfarlieGrade 3

Sunny Days4Click the picThe suns relationship to earth determines the season.About one million Earths could fit inside the sun.Photosynthesis is a process which uses the suns light to grow flowers.It takes 8 minutes for the suns light to reach Earth.

5The clouds in our sky!6

High Altitude CloudsCirrus 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 cloudsNimbostratus clouds are very dark associated with large areas of precipitation.Above 18,000 feet

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Low Clouds

Stratus are generally the lowest (besides fog) and dont have much definition.Cumulus are puffy with distinct edges and have a bit of heightStratocumulus are generally clusters and have a popcorn like appearance.

Mid-level cloudsAltostratus covers the sky uniformly and it makes it hard to see individual features.Altocumulus are either patchy & scattered or linear bands.8

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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 ovalRain starts off as ice or snow crystals at cloud level.

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Lightning

10Click the picLightning bolts travelat speeds of up to60,000 miles per secondFlorida is the lightning capital of the United StatesTemperatures in the path of a lightningbolt can reach as high as50,000 FStruck by Lightning stillsurviveMore than 70% of all people

Rainbow

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12Newton discovered the seven distinct colors of the visible rainbow.

The order of the spectrum is: RED,ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO & VIOLET.

Everyone sees their own "personal" rainbow due to how we each interpret colors.

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The record snow fall in one season is in Buffalo in 1977 (199.4 inches)There are five different shapes of snowflakesThe largest snowflake recorded was 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick.Click the picHurricane

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16Hurricane 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.

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Tornado

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18A tornado can occur anytime of the year, however, many of them occur in May.The average duration of a tornado is less than 15 minutes.The tornado is the most violent of all earths storms.What instrument measures the intensity of a tornado?19BerometerFijita scaleThermometerRictor scale20

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GREAT JOB!