CLOUDS AND CLOUD FORMATION

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To correctly identify a cloud formation, you must determine the cloud's _____________________

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altitude in the sky and shape.

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This phrase means "rain." Options: Cumulo, Cirrus, Strato, Nimbo

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Nimbo

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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This phrase is referred to as "puffy" or "fluffy." Options: Cumulo, Cirrus, Strato, Nimbo

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Cumulo

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What is the process called when water vapor (a gas) becomes a liquid?

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condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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What forms during the condensation process?

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clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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How are air masses form into clouds?

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warm moist air rises, expands and then cools

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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The temperature at which the air becomes completely saturated with water vapor is called

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dew point

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Humidity

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amount of water vapor present in the air.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Type of cloud associated with thunderstorms and heavy precipitation

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cumulonimbus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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The low-level featureless sheet of clouds that sometimes appear in the surface of the Earth in the form of mist or fog.

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stratus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4