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 \n/Christopher White:p.14:/Edwin Verin:p.9(halo);/lgor Korionov:p.2;/Maksim Loskutnikov:  \np.10;/Nataliya Danilova:p.4;/Rbfritz:pp.12,title page:/Robert Adrian Hillman:p.3:/Roman  \nKrochuk:p.11;/Victor Zastol`skiy:p.5  \nGetty Images:p.6;/Alamy/Tom Uhlman:p.16;/A Schneider Mark:p.13:/Science Photo Library:  \np.7;/Warren Bolster:p.8  \niStockphoto/Chris White:p.15(hailstones)  \nMartin McKenna,www.nightskyhunter.com:p.9(moonbow)  \nwww.pearsoned.co.nz  \nYour comments on this title are welcome atfeedback@pearsoned.co.nz  \nPearson  \na division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd  \n67 Apollo Drive,Rosedale,Auckland 0632,New ZealandAssociated companies throughout the world  \nWeird WeatherText ◎John Lockyerllustrations ◎ Pearson  \nU.S.edition ◎by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any formor by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying or recording.or byany information storage and retrieval system,without the prior written permission of thecopyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law.Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressedto Houghton Miffin Harcourt Publishing Company,Attn:Contracts,Copyrights,andLicensing,9400 Southpark Center Loop.Orlando,Florida 32819.  \nPrinted in China via Pearson Education Asia(SWTC/01)  \nISBN 978-0-544-06329-7  \n12345678910974521201918171615141312  \n4500389834  \nABCDEFG  \n\n| If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge.  \u003Cbr>Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company retains title to the materials and they  \u003Cbr>may not be resold.Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited.   |\n| --- |\n\n\n| Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this  \u003Cbr>publication,or any portion of it,into electronic format.   |\n| --- |\n\nWeird Weather  \nWritten by John Lockyer  \nContents  \n2 Weird and Wonderful  \nOur Weather Engine  \nBizarre Rain4 CloudsBalls of Fire6 Scary Supercells  \nOptical Phenomena8 Just Plain WeirdMore Optical Phenomena 10 Index  \nRigby.  \nHOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT  \n亿4伯亿  \n# Our Weather Engine\n\nThe sun is Earth's weather engine.It heats air indifferent parts of the atmosphere.Warm and cold airthen move around Earth.This moving air is called wind.The wind brings us sunny,snowy,wet,and stormyweather.Sometimes when strange things happenin the atmosphere,it can cause weird weatherand phenomena.2  \nIIII  \nKEY  \nlow pressure  \nhigh pressure  \ncold front  \nwarm front  \n# Bizarre Rain\n\nUsually,rain is transparent,but in some places,there aredownpours of colored rain.Red rain happens when reddust or sand is blown into the atmosphere.Strong windscarry the colored grains into clouds.The grains mix withwater droplets.They fall to the ground as red rain.Pollencarried by the wind can make yellow rain.Coal dust canmake black rain.When there is rainfall in thedesert,sometimes the rainis red or dust-colored.  \nA waterspout occursover water.It formsfrom the clouds above.Sometimes small animals such as fish,frogs,andsnakes can fall from the sky.Scientists believewhirling waterspouts suck the animals up intothe clouds.Strong storm winds then carry theanimals along and dump them onto astonishedpeople.If the animals survive,the frogs andsnakes can escape.The lish aren't so lucky.They often end up in a cooking pot.  \n# Balls of Fire\n\nOccasionally during thunderstorms,movingballs of light float through the air.The ballscan be as small as a pea or aslarge as a football.They haveno smell,heat osound.They move slowly and canstay alight for many seconds.A small ballightningvanishes with a“pop\".But0rgerbolls can eplodeend startes.No onesure how the balls form.  \n10006  \nBall lightning is very hard tophotograph because no oneknows when it's going to happen  \nSome","cbCaimFUpL2y4WaE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimFUpL2y4WaE","pdf",1009961,24,"English","# Our Weather Engine\n# Bizarre Rain\n# Balls of Fire\n# Optical Phenomena\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"How does the sun act like a “weather engine” for Earth?\",\"answer\":\"The sun heats air in different parts of the atmosphere, and warm and cold air move around Earth. 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