Weather Practice Quiz 2

What is missing from this water cycle list?

Evaporation, _____, cloud formation, precipitation, runoff

• ice crystals

• condensation

• fog

• water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Besides water vapor, what else needs to be present for clouds to form?

• wind

• precipitation

• Small particles like dust.

• transpiration

What do we call a measure of water vapor in the air?

• water vapor

• precipitation

• condensation

• humidity

Which type of cloud is like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton?

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• altostratus

What is the most common type of precipitation on Earth?

• snow

• rain

• hail

• sleet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which type of precipitation ONLY forms in thunderstorms?

• hail

• snow

• rain

• sleet

What do we call the boundary between two air masses?

• front

• back

• clouds

• none of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of front develops if a fast warm air mass overtakes a slower cold air mass?

• cold front

• stationary front

• warm front

• occluded front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What do we call a violent disturbance in the atmosphere?

• jet stream

• air mass

• storm

• evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of storm creates hail?

• thunderstorm

• snowstorm

• windstorm

• a gentle rainstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5