SEE IF YOU CAN CIRCLE ALL 31 WEATHER TERMS BELOW. EASTERLIES EVAPORATION PRECIPITATION UPDRAFT COLDFRONT BLIZZARD FROSTBITE LIGHTNING TORNADO EYEWALL CIRRUS BAROMETER TRACE STORM SLEET CLOUD FREEZE FORECAST COOL HOT RAIN SNOW WIND DEW FOG HAIL ICE EYE GALE SKY WET
HOME APPLIANCES CONSUME DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY. SEE IF YOU CAN PUT THESE SIX APPLIANCES IN ORDER OF THEIR AVERAGE WATTAGE, OR ENERGY CONSUMPTION, 1 BEING THE LOWEST WATTAGE. A. AIR CONDITIONER 1 2 3 4 5 6 B. CLOCK 1 2 3 4 5 6 C. TV (COLOR) 1 2 3 4 5 6 D. MICROWAVE 1 2 3 4 5 6 E. SEWING MACHINE 1 2 3 4 5 6 F. SHAVER 1 2 3 4 5 6
WE'VE GIVEN YOU THE "I'S" IN FOUR WEATHER-RELATED TERMS. USE THE DEFINITIONS TO IDENTIFY THE TERMS AND FINISH SPELLING THEM OUT. 1. i i 3. i 2. i i 4. i 1. A SUDDEN NEUTRALIZING DISCHARGE THAT CREATES A CHANNEL OF IONIZED AIR 2. THE LOWERING EFFECT ON TEMPERATURE CAUSED BY THE COMBINATION OF COLD AND THE MOVEMENT OF AIR 3. ANTICYCLONIC STORM THAT "FEEDS" ON WARM WATER 4. PARTIALLY CRYSTALLIZED PIECES OF AQUEOUS VAPOR BLOWN BY INTENSE COLD AIR

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