Up in the Air

What is a cloud?

• Collection of water vapor or ice crystals

• White air

• Collection of large drops of water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Cloud that has a flat bottom and fluffy top, produces fair weather, and comes from convection.

• Cumulonimbus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What cloud is characterized as thin and wispy and made completely of ice crystals that were once water vapor?

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

What type of cloud looks thin and whispy because of high winds?

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What cloud usually indicates cumulonimbus (thunderstorm clouds) clouds are coming?

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What clouds are usually gray and cover the entire sky?

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What clouds produce a light drizzle, composed of fog?

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What clouds only produce falling ice crystals that melt before they reach the ground?

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What clouds form when cold whether is faced with warm, moist air?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What clouds mean heavy precipitation and thunderstorms?

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5