Clouds

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

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

Tags

NGSS.K-ESS2-1

What are the three classes of clouds based on altitude (how high in the sky something is)?

• cirrus, nimbus, cumulus

• low, middle, high, vertically

• troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere

• classes of clouds are not based on altitude

This type of cloud is thin and flat, and the edges are not clearly defined

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

Tags

NGSS.K-ESS2-1

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus
• cirrus
• stratus

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.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Cirrus clouds mean ...

• fair weather (nice)
• thunderstorms
• rain/storms coming
• long periods of rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cumulonimbus clouds are associated with _________ weather. 

• rainy
• snowy
• fair
• stormy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

_______ look like cotton balls. 

• stratus
• cirrus
• cumulus
• cumulonimbus

Which clouds form near the ground?

• Fog
• Cirrocumulus
• Nimbostratus 
• Altocumulus 

Clouds form in which step of the Water Cycle?

• Evaporation
• Condensation 
• Precipitation 
• Run Off

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4