U1 "Changes in Weather"

Different types of clouds tell people...

• The places that need rain.

• Where lightning will strike.

• The kind of weather that is coming.

• The temperature of the air.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What should you not do in a storm?

• Climb a tree

• Avoid open spaces

• Stay in a car

• Get out of the swimming pool

Which clouds usually mean good weather?

• Low, thick stratus clouds

• High, wispy cirrus clouds

• Tall, dark cumulus clouds

• Small, puffy cumulus clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Spinning columns of air that move quickly over the land are called...

• Hurricanes

• Tornadoes

• Typhoons

• Thunderstorms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the best way to describe cumulus clouds?

• White and puffy, forms in long rippled rows

• Thin, made of ice, and very high up in the sky

• Low hanging sheets that cover the entire sky

• Tall, dark, and angry-looking storm clouds

What is the best description for cirrus clouds?

• White and puffy, forms in long rippled rows

• Thin, made of ice, and high up in the sky

• Low hanging sheets that cover the entire sky

• Tall, dark, angry-looking storm clouds

What is the best description for stratus clouds?

• White, puffy, and forms in long, rippled rows

• Thin, made of ice, and high up in the sky

• Low hanging sheets that cover the entire sky

• Tall, dark, angry-looking storm clouds

Which of these is not a type of dangerous weather?

• Thunderstorms with lightning

• Tornadoes

• Hurricanes

• Stratus clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which type of clouds means that a storm with rain or snow is coming?

• Cirrus clouds

• Stratus clouds

• Cumulus clouds

• Fog

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

All clouds can bring rain and storms.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5