Clouds

puffy clouds like cotton balls that can form in any part of the atmosphere

• cumulus

• stratus

• nimbus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

word used to describe clouds of vertical development

• cirrus

• nimbus

• alto

• stratus

a prefix used to name mid-level clouds

• cumulus

• nimbus

• stratus

• alto

low, flat clouds that form in the lower parts of the atmosphere

• cumulus

• cirrus

• nimbus

• stratus

Which cloud would most likely be seen on a sunny day?

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

• nimbostratus

• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which cloud type is made up of ice crystals?

• fog

• stratus clouds

• cumulus clouds

• cirrus clouds

Nimbo and nimbus are part of cloud names when the cloud brings

• wind

• cold fronts

• precipitation

• fair weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

sheets of gray dark clouds that block the sun and bring steady precipitation

• nimbostratus

• stratus

• stratocumulus

• cumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

dark towering thunderstorm clouds

• altostratus

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus

• stratocumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

puffy white clouds that are a sign of good weather

• cumulus

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus