Weekly Weather Review

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

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

Which type of cloud is white and puffy?

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

Clouds form during the process of...

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which type of cloud is highest in the sky?

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

In what layer of the atmosphere do all weather events occur?

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In the troposphere, the temperature _____ as altitude increases.

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

• Goes up and down

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

As altitude increases, air pressure....

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

• Goes up and down

The ozone layer is a sublayer of the ________ layer.

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why is the ozone layer vital to life on Earth?

• Planes fly in the ozone layer

• It is made up of oxygen (O₂)

• It shields the Earth from ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun

• It causes clouds to be created

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In which layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up?

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere