Weather Events

Rainbows are caused by sunlight shining through smalls drops of?

• colors

• water

• snow

• ice

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the order of the rainbows colors?

• red, yellow, indigo, green, blue, purple

• red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

• orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, red

• red, orange, blue, pink, purple

The rainbows colors are always in the same order?

• True

• False

Thunderstorms are caused by what

• electricity that builds up in your house

• electricity that is powered by electricity

• electricity that builds up in clouds

• electricity that forms from the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A spark that leaps from one cloud to another or to the ground.

• Electricity

• Lightning

• Thunder

• Clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

As lightning travels, the heated air around it expands so quickly that it explodes. What is this called?

• Lightning

• Thunder

• Electricity

• Clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Light travels much faster than sound.

• True

• False

You hear thunder before you see lightning.

• True

• False

How does snow form?

• when ice crystals bump into each other and stick together

• when ice melts into water and then back into ice

• when lightning strikes the ground in water

• when ice crystals bump into each other and fly away fast

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

All snowflakes are alike.

• True

• False