Clouds/Precip/Winds

This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals

• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cirrus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The temperature at which water vapor cools and condenses is the

• relative humidity

• humidity

• freezing point

• dew point

This type of cloud is low, thin, and flat, and typically takes up the whole sky

• cirrus cloud

• cumulus cloud

• stratus cloud

• cumulonimbus cloud

Why doesn't cloud formation take place until the dew-point temperature is reached?

• because dew-point is the temperature at which water vapor condenses into water droplets
• cloud formation can take place at any temperature, and does not depend on the dew-point temerature
• because water sublimates at the dew-point temperature
• the dew-point temperature only applies on Earth's surface, not in the atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather?

• fair skies
• hot, sunny weather
• windy weather
• rainy weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds are puffy and white and sometimes appear to have a flat bottom.

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This family of clouds appear in blanket-like layers.

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• stratus

These clouds can bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, lightning, and sometimes hail.

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• stratus

Which cloud is this?

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which cloud is this?

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5