Year 9 Science Meteorology Rain

Year 9 Science (AAA) – Meteorology Unit.

Rain

1. Clouds can be both too high and too low to lead to precipitation. Why is this?

2. Why are we unlikely to experience snow in Toowoomba?

3. Lightning forms in cumulonimbus clouds. What is a property of this particular

cloud that enables this phenomenon to occur?

4. We attribute a dry season to the __________________ phenomenon, a wet

season to _____________________, and both these processes are governed by

the SOI, or _____________________________________________________.

5. Some general knowledge questions:

a. The major rain event in India and Bangladesh is called the

______________season.

b. Can you recite a nursery rhyme with a rain theme?

c. Can rain affect aircraft? How and why?

d. You are your tribe’s medicine woman/man. What signs might you look for

when deciding on when to call for a rain dance?