Rain Quiz at Nine
Posted on November 29th, 2009 by James Higham
1. The phenomenon whereby rain evaporates while falling through dry air is called what?
2. Infrequent methane rain is thought to carve numerous surface channels on which moon?
3. A scientific model known as the …. process explains how rain forms and falls.
4. On the United States’ Eastern Seaboard, the effect can be dramatic: there is a 22% higher chance of rain on Saturday than on which other day?
5. In ….., the Setswana word for rain, “pula,” is used as the name of the national currency, in recognition of the economic importance of rain in this desert country.
Answers
Virga, Titan, Bergeron, Monday, Botswana
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Very poor for the Cat tonight only 1/5 and that was a informed guess
I don’t know the answer to any of those, but I like your new tagline “if you say it often enough, you lose your voice”, as depressing a thought as that is.
#4 is acid rain?
Mark, Matt, just highlight the space under the word Answers.