Cloud Types Formative Quiz

This mid-level cloud is called

• Altostratus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cirrostratus

• Altocumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This fair weather cloud is

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Altostratus

• Stratocumulus

What type of cloud is this?

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Nimbostratus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This rain cloud fills the entire sky

• Nimbostratus

• Stratocumulus

• Altostratus

• Cumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This low lying cloud blankets the sky like a quilt

• Cumulus

• Altocumulus

• Stratocumulus

• Nimbostratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds are puffy and white and sometimes appear to have a flat bottom.

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• stratus

What are the four main types of clouds based on altitude?

• cirrus, nimbus, stratus, cumulus

• hot, warm, cold, frozen

• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere , thermosphere

• classes of clouds are not based on altitude

These clouds bring rainy or overcast weather.

• cumulus

• fog

• cirrus

• stratus

Which cloud is this?

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of cloud is highest in the sky?

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus