Below are some interesting facts that we have learnt during our research:
"Hailstones are balls of ice or irregular icy lumps that range from a few millimeteres to the size of tennis balls or even larger."
"It rains because water from oceans, rivers and lakes turns to gas in the air."
"A tsunamis first wave is not as strong as the second wave. The last wave is very strong."
Cyclones form over warm waters in the tropical places because of the oceans where the sea temperatures are 26.5 degrees Celsius or higher.
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Miss Augello I found a good fact: 80% of the world's fresh water is locked up as ice or snow.
ReplyDeleteTsunamis are capable of causing a substantial amount of damage. One tsunami can destroy an entire coastal village and remove all the sand from a beach and sand that took hundreds of years to accumulate. Below are examples of the destructive power of tsunamis:
ReplyDeleteThis is also a great fact: An average snowflake is made up of 180 billion molecules of water!
ReplyDeleteThis too: Around 12% of the Earth's land surface is covered in permanent snow.
ReplyDeleteHail is a form of solid precipitation. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is referred to as a hailstone.
ReplyDeleteMY FACTS IS: Floods sometimes occur when artificial structures such as dams fail.
ReplyDeletethe website i found it from is: http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/floods.htm
Most snowflakes are six-sided. Sometimes the six sides are flat, and sometimes six decorative spokes radiate from the centre.
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