⛈️ Weather trivia for kids - rain, snow and storms quiz

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Sunny, rainy or stormy, weather changes every day. How much do you know about it?

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What do we call a scientist who studies and forecasts the weather?

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What do we call a scientist who studies and forecasts the weather?
Answer: Meteorologist. Meteorologists study the air and the sky to predict the weather.
When do we usually see a rainbow?
Answer: When sunlight shines through raindrops. Raindrops split sunlight into all of its colors, making a rainbow.
Why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?
Answer: Light travels faster than sound. Lightning and thunder happen together, but light reaches us much faster than sound.
What do we call balls of ice that fall from storm clouds?
Answer: Hail. Hailstones grow as they are tossed up and down inside tall storm clouds.
Which tool measures temperature?
Answer: Thermometer. A thermometer tells us how hot or cold something is.
What are clouds made of?
Answer: Tiny water droplets or ice crystals. Clouds form when water vapor cools and turns into tiny drops or ice crystals.
What is a spinning column of wind that reaches down from a storm cloud to the ground?
Answer: Tornado. Tornadoes are spinning funnels of air that touch the ground.
What do we call a cloud that forms down near the ground?
Answer: Fog. Fog is a low cloud that makes it hard to see far away.
What do we call it when water warms up and turns into vapor?
Answer: Evaporation. Evaporation is the step in the water cycle where liquid water becomes a gas.
How many sides or points does a snowflake usually have?
Answer: Six. Because of the way ice crystals form, snowflakes usually have six sides.
What is wind?
Answer: Moving air. Wind is air moving from one place to another.
Which tool measures air pressure to help forecast the weather?
Answer: Barometer. A barometer measures air pressure; falling pressure often means a storm is coming.

Quick answers

What do we call a scientist who studies and forecasts the weather?

Meteorologist. Meteorologists study the air and the sky to predict the weather.

When do we usually see a rainbow?

When sunlight shines through raindrops. Raindrops split sunlight into all of its colors, making a rainbow.

Why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?

Light travels faster than sound. Lightning and thunder happen together, but light reaches us much faster than sound.

What do we call balls of ice that fall from storm clouds?

Hail. Hailstones grow as they are tossed up and down inside tall storm clouds.

Which tool measures temperature?

Thermometer. A thermometer tells us how hot or cold something is.

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