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Name:_________________________ Date:_______________
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the most suitable word.
Clouds And Rain
The heat from the Sun warms the Earth's ______________. This
causes the warm air near the ground to ___________. As the air rises,
it cools and the moisture ____________ into clouds of water droplets.
The highest clouds are the cirrus and they may reach a ___________
of 12,000 metres.
The tiny water droplets in a cloud __________ to become larger
droplets and these _______________ back to the Earth as rain. Rain
____________ water for animals and plants. When the water droplets
are _____________ agitated electric current may be created and this
____________ in lightning.
A rainbow is _________ when sunlight is refracted several times
over by the tiny raindrops. A rainbow is such a ______________ sight
because the white light is ____________ into seven different colours.