Clouds and Precipitation

What form of precipitation does most rain start as?

• liquid water

• ice crystals

• Rain is not precipitation.

What frozen form of precipitation forms in layers?

• hail

• rain

• sleet

• snow

True or False:

Hail can fall when the air temperature is above freezing.

• True

• False

High, wispy clouds are called...

• cirrus clouds

• cumulonimbus clouds

• altocumulus clouds

• stratus clouds

Tall, heavy thunderstorm clouds are called...

• cirrus clouds

• cumulonimbus clouds

• altocumulus clouds

• stratus clouds

Small, puffy, mid-level clouds are called...

• cirrus clouds

• cumulonimbus clouds

• altocumulus clouds

• stratus clouds

Low-level clouds that cover the sky are called...

• cirrus clouds

• cumulonimbus clouds

• altocumulus clouds

• stratus clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

True or False:

Clouds are always made of ice crystals.

• True

• False

If the air temperature is below freezing between the clouds and the ground, what kind of precipitation is likely to fall?

• rain

• sleet

• snow

• There will be no precipitation if it is below freezing.

Which of the following are forms of precipitation?

• rain

• wind

• snow

• sleet

• air pressure