Clouds

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

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

Tags

NGSS.K-ESS2-1

The temperature at which water vapor condenses is the 

• relative humidity
• humidity
• freezing point
• dew point

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What are the four classes of clouds based on altitude?

• cirrus, nimbus, stratus, cumulus

• low, middle, high, and vertically developed

•  troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere

• classes of clouds are not based on altitude

This type of cloud that is vertically developed, flat on the bottom and has well-defined edges on top. The cloud is often associated with fair weather.

• cumulus cloud

• stratus cloud

• cirrus cloud

• cloud 9

Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds signal that this type of weather may occur.

• fair skies

• hot, sunny weather

• windy weather

• rainy weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Type of clouds that forms below 2000m, are dark gray in color and will cause precipitation.

• nimbostratus cloud

• cumulonimbus cloud

• cirrus cloud

• stratus cloud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What conditions are necessary for a cloud to form?

• wind, heat, water

• warm rising air, water vapor, and dirt particles

• cool temperatures, water, vapor

• water and wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process called when water changes to vapor (gas)?

• condensation

• evaporation

• freezing

• melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the process called when water vapor changes to a liquid?

• evaporation

• relative humidity

• melting

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Type of cloud that causes the sun and moon to appear as a bright spot in the sky.

• Altostratus

• Cirrostratus

• Stratocumulus

• Cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1