Clouds and Precipitation

What type of cloud is this?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Fog

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus

• stratus

• nimbostratus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How do clouds form?

• Liquid water is heated and evaporates and becomes water vapor in the atmosphere.

• Water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses to become tiny liquid water droplets in the atmosphere.

• Tiny liquid water droplets float upwards and gather together in the atmosphere to form a cloud.

• Magic.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What kind of clouds are most likely to produce thunderstorms?

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Observing clouds can help you:

• Predict how cold it is

• See how much rain is in the sky.

• Tell what kind of weather is on the way.

• Know what the sky looks like.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cumulonimbus clouds mean ...

• fair weather (nice)

• thunderstorms

• rain/storms coming

• long periods of rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

9. Which cloud is this?

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton and usually mean fair weather

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

• nimbostratus

Wispy, feathery clouds made mostly of ice crystals that form at high levels

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4