KS 2 100 Weather Facts Challenge.
The challenge was a 100 facts by the end of the day! Every child in KS2 has found a weather fact.
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1. A typhoon is a very strong wind. By Charlie & Grant.
2. Water becomes snow in the atmosphere at a temperature of less than 32 degrees F and then falls on the ground. By Karen & Chloe.
3. Clouds are white because of the sun shining through. By Karen & Chloe.
4. Clouds move with the wind. By Scott & Ethan
5. A tornado is a violent column of air formed from a thunder storm. By Aaron & James.
6. A gale is a really strong wind. By Scott & Ethan.
7. A derecho is a widespread and long lived wind storm. By Charlotte
8. Raindrops are much smaller than we think! They are actually smaller than a cm. By Hannah & Sophia.
9. The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of up to 300 miles per hour. By Hannah & Sophia.
10. Wind is produced by the uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun. BY Isaac & Jack.
11. Thunder clouds are part of the weather. By Jessica & Millie.
12. The suns rays are at the hottest at the equator. By Jessica & Millie.
13. A hurricane is a huge storm! - it can be up to 600 miles across and have strong winds. By Sophia & Hannah.
14. Earthquakes are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the earth's surface. By Ethan & Scott.
15. Wind is air in motion. By Rebecca & Rebecca.
16. In the middle of the hurricane there is less force. By Jack & Toby.
17. Rain forms from water droplets which form in the warm air. As the warm air rises in the sky it cools. By Katie.
18. Raindrops fall between 7 and 18 miles per hour. By Lauren & Tamara.
19. A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals. By Ellymae & Megan.
20. Lightening kills and injures more people each year than hurricanes or tornadoes, between 75 – 100 people are killed by lightening in the US. By Katie & Erika.
21. Floods happen when rivers rise over their banks. By Lauren & Tamara.
22. Hurricanes can have winds spiralling inward and outward at speeds of between 75 – 200 miles per hour.By Ellymae and Megan.
23. Torrential rains pounded Jakarta Indonesia’s capital causing floods that buried parts of the city under as much as 16 feet of water. By Rebecca.
24. In London when they have earthquakes the houses wobble. By Rebecca & Rebecca.
25. Lightening is a bright flash of electricity produced by a thunderstorm. By Jack & Toby.
26. Some clouds are called Stratus. They are uniformed grey clouds that often cover the entire sky. By Katie.
27. Lightening is an electric current with a thunder cloud way up in the sky. By Kai & Reece.
28. A fault is an area of stress in the earth where broken rocks slide past each other causing a crack in the earth’s surface. By Katie & Erika.
29. A flash flood is a sudden flooding. By Lauren & Tamara.
30. When clouds develop or rain occurs something is making the air rise. Several things can make this happen. By Ellymae & Megan.
31. A blizzrd is a long lasting snowstorm with very strong winds. By Rebecca & Rebecca.
32. The city of Jakarta was built on a marsh much of which is below sea level. By Rebecca.
33. In Indianapolis up to 42 inches paralyzed the city and caused schools to be closed for several days. By Ryan & Jamie.
34. Hurricanes form over really warm oceans. By Louisa.
35. Cumulonimbus clouds are white and puffy, they look like clouds of floating cotton. By Katie.
36. Winter storms derive their energy from the clash of 2 air masses of different temperatures and moisture levels. By Megan & Ellymae.
37. The wind index is the temperature your body feels when the air temperature is combined with the wind speed. By Lauren & Tamara.
38. The biosphere is the part of the Earth’s atmosphere, land and oceans that supports any living plant, animal or organsim. By William & Jamie.
39. More than a million earthquakes rattle the world each year. By Ryan &b Jamie.
40. Climate is the average weather usually taken over a 30 year period. By Kai & Reece.
41. The earth has warmed by about 1 degree F over the past 100 years. By Rebecca & Rebecca.
42. Temperature is a degree of hotness or coldness that can be measured using a thermometer. By Katie & Erika.
43. Cirrus clouds are the most common of the height clouds. They are composed of ice and are thin and wispy clouds. By Katie.
44. Lightening seems to be clear or a white – yellow colour but it really depends on the background. By Lauren & Tamara.
45. The atmosphere covers the earth. It is a thin layer of mixed gases which make up the air we breathe. By Alex.
46. A ball of lightening is a rare form of lightening. It usually appears as a reddish, luminous ball but can come in any colour. By Lauren & Tamara.
47. Flash floods are weather related killers in the US. Nearly 80% of flash flood deaths are auto related. By Megan.
48. The trade wind are just air movement towards the equator. By Rebecca & Rebecca.
49. Ice is the world’s largest supply of freshwater. It covers the remaining 3 % of the Earth’s surface including most of Antartica and Greenland. Ice plays an important role in regulating climate because it is highly reflective. By Ellymae & Megan.
50. Flash floods are weather related killers in the US. By Luke.
51. A hurricane is a huge storm. By Abbey.
52. In an average year the summer heat in the US causes about 175 deaths. By Joseph.
53. Frostbite is damage to the skin due to prolonged exposure to cold temperatures usually below 32 degrees F. By Dara.
54. Radar is an electronic instrument which determines the distance of objects that reflect radio energy back to the radar site. By Elicia & Emily.
55. Tornadoes can cause major destruction. By Daniel & Aden.
56. A lightening flash is no more than 1 inch wide. By Louisa & Nikita.
57. In an average year 1000 tornadoes are reported nationwide in the USA. By Megan.
58. An earthquake is a giant dip in the ground. By Fletcher.
59. A blizzard is a long lasting snowstorm. By Daniel & Aden.
60. The jet stream is a fast flowing river of air found in the atmosphere at around 12 km above the surface of the earth. By Lauren & Jessica.
61. Before a flood – you need to have a disaster plan and prepare a disaster supplies kit for your home and car. By Elicia & Emily.
62. If cold air advances and pushes away the warm air it forms a cold front. By Mason & Emma.
63. It can be dangerous if you hear the sounds of heavy thunderstorms. By Abbey.
64. Lightening is an electric current. By Aden & Daniel.
65. A rain gauge measures the amount of rain that has fallen over a specific time period. By Dara.
66. A major wind storm can last for several days. By Luke.
67. Before thunderstorms develop, a change in the wind direction and an increase in wind speed with increasing height creates an invisible, horizontal spinning effect in the lower atmosphere. By Reece.
68. A wind vane is an instrument that determines the direction from which the wind is blowing. By Dara.
69. Have you ever rubbed your feet across the carpet and then touched a metal door handle? If so then you know that you can get a shock!! By Elicia & Emily.
70. A cloud is formed when air is heated by the sun as it rises. By Daniel & Aden.
71. Frost is white ice crystals that form on a surface. By Louisa & Nikita.
72. A thunderstorm watch means a thunderstorm is possible in your area. By Luke.
73. An anemometer measures wind speeds. The cup catches the wind , turning a dial attached to the instrument. The dial shows wind speed. By Dara.
74. Stratus are low clouds and are considered low at 6500 feet.
75. Wind is the fastest growing source of electricity in the world. By Joseph.
76. The National Weather Service has installed a new type of doppler Radar called NEXRAD Radar. NEXRAD stands for Next Generation Radar. By Noah.
77. There are about 20 plates along the surfaces of the earth. By Nikita & Louisa.
78. The plates move continuously and slowly pass each other. By Phoebe & Emily
79. The sun is a great big fireball. By Luke.
80. The doldrums is an area of calm weather. By Joel & Ashley.
81. The sun has a temperature of 6000 degrees Celsius By Elisha.
82. Temperature is measured in degrees on the Fahrenheit, Celsius, & Kelvin scales. By Imogen & Matthew.
83. There are different temperatures throughout the world. By Ashley & Joel.
84. The sun is a star, 868,000 miles across in the centre of our solar system. By Jack.
85. A land breeze occurs at night when the land cools faster than the sea. By Holly.
86. Snow falls into warm air then melts. By Kieron.
87. Hurricanes are named after different sets of names depending on the part of the world the storm is in. By Daniel & Christopher.
88. In the US only women’s names were used until in 1979 it was decided to use men’s names as well. By Daniel & Christopher.
89. All air contains water but near the ground is usually in the form of an invisible gas called water vapour. By Conor.
90. Tornadoes can happen at any time of the year and at any time of the day. Cayliam & Marley.
91. Static electricity is a form of electricity caused by friction. By Emily.
92. Mammatus clouds are low hanging bulges that drop from cumulonimbus clouds. By Kerry & Holly.
93. Snow falling into cold air never melts as it is falling down. By Kieron.
94. Snow melts freezing into sleet as it travels through cold air. By Kieron.
95. Cirrus clouds are the most common of the high clouds. By Holly.
96. On top of the hurricane is a hole called the eye of the hurricane. By Ben.
97. You can use thunder to tell how far away a storm is. By Christopher & Daniel.
98. A mere 2 feet of water can float a large vehicle. By Holly & Kerry.
99. Rain falls in liquid form but freezes upon impact to form a coating of glaze (ice). Hannah.
100. A Tsunami is the Japanese term for an unusually large ocean wave caused by an undersea earthquake. By Jordan & Ryder.
What a pleasure it has been this year to have been able to work with a fantastic group of professionals to produce Carisbrookes adaptation of the Wizard Of Oz. Pulling out all the stops this year, staff parents, governors and children have worked their socks off to make this the highlight of the Christmas term amazing scenery by Mrs Jacobs, painted by Mrs Rivit and Mrs Jacobs who also made our very scary wizard image. Superb costumes made by Mrs Rivit and Mrs Davies and funded by a generous donation from PTA. A spectacular sound system alongside some exiting pyrotechnics promise this to be the show of the year! And watch for photos of the production in the County Press. 
saw on the interactive white board.
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