Weather - Lesson 1 Quick Check

They are low in the sky and look soft and fluffy. 

• Cirrus
• Cumulonimbus
• Cumulus 
• Stratus

Which clouds spread over a large area, are layered and can produce days of light precipitation?

• cumulus
• nimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

If the air is "saturated", that means:

• the air is full of water
• the air is partially full of water
• it's amount of water vapor in the atmosphere right now
• how much liquid water it potentially can hold

Dew is most likely to form 

• after heavy rain on a humid day
• when humid air contacts cold ground
• when the snow on the ground melts
• during windy nights when it rains

As the air temperature increases, the air's capacity for water vapor: 

• increases
• decreases
• remains the same
• is unrelated to air temperature and can either increase or decrease

Water droplets that condense from the air onto cool surfaces near the ground are called....

• fog
• precipitation
• dew
• icicles

Describe the type of precipitation that occurs when falling through an atmosphere that is warm/hot. 

• Rain
• Snow 
• Sleet 
• Freezing Rain 

If the atmosphere is ______, ______ will fall. 

• warmer ; rain 
• colder ; hail 

Precipitation that falls to the planet as ice crystals.

• Rain
• Hail
• Snow

This diagram shows how a certain type of precipitation is formed. Water drops are caught in up-drafts and down-drafts, over and over, before they fall to Earth as

• dew.
• hail.
• rain.
• snow.