Clouds and the Water Cycle

Clouds that are thin wispy streaks high in the sky, and the water inside them is ice.

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

I am large and gray and noisy, people usually take shelter when I am around. I bring thunderstorms and even tornadoes.

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

I am nice and fluffy like a big cotton ball, I can take on many shapes and some enjoy pointing them out.

• Cumulonimbus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

Cool air can't hold as much as warm air can?

• air

• water vapor

• dirt

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Rain, snow and hail are all kinds of what?

• rain

• precipitation

• wind

• clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Evaporation happens after condensation in the water cycle.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are the steps in the water cycle in order?

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Weather scientists are called meteorologists.

• True

• False

When a body of water is heated by the sun , some of it evaporates or turns into an invisible gas called what?

• rain

• water vapor

• clouds

• mist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Condensation is tiny drops of water.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1