Today we are learning all about rainbows with our rainbow facts printable pages! Simply download and print the fun facts about rainbows and have some fun while learning about these colorful phenomenon. Our printable fun facts pdf includes two pages filled with rainbow pictures and facts about rainbows that kids of all ages will enjoy at home or in the classroom.
Free Printable Rainbow facts for kids
It’s quiz time! How much do you and your little one know about rainbows? Today we have 15 amazing facts about rainbows that will blow their minds, in the form of free rainbow fun facts pages. Click the button to download and print our rainbow fun fact pages now:
Check out our facts about rainbows for fun kid lessons and enjoy learning everything about them! Have you ever wondered how rainbows are created? How many colors are in a rainbow? That’s why our facts about rainbows coloring pages are a great way of learning!
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Our rainbow coloring pages have 15 fun facts, including the following rainbow facts:
- A rainbow is a multicolored arc that forms in the sky after it rains.
- On the ground, we can only see a semi-circle rainbow but if you look at it from an airplane, you can see a rainbow in a complete circle.
- You cannot touch a rainbow: it has no physical appearance!
- Earth is the only planet in the solar system where rainbows are possible.
- Rainbows happen when it’s raining in one part of the sky and it’s sunny in another.
- Rainbows have seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. (RoyGBiv)
- Rainbows don’t happen in the winter because raindrops freeze into snowflakes so fewer raindrops fall.
- Rainbows are created when sunlight shines through the water droplets; this light is bent and reflected like a reflection in a mirror, and that forms a beautiful rainbow.
- Rainbows van be seen not just in the rain, but also in the mist, spray, fog, and dew.
- The state of Hawaii has the most rainbows on the planet.
- According to Greek mythology, the rainbow is a bridge between heaven and earth.
- There is an Irish legend that says there’s a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, guarded by a mythological creature called a Leprechaun.
- You can never get to the end of a rainbow.
- The longest observed rainbow lasted for nearly 9 hours.
- No two people see the exact rainbow.
- The moon can also create rainbows, they’re called moonbows.
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