Clouds and Air Masses Review

Select all factors that are needed to create a cloud:

• Sun's heat

• Dirt/Dust

• Water Vapor

• High Pressure System

• Wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which water property is involved when water vapor condenses and sticks to a piece of dust?

• Surface Tension

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Specific Heat

In latin, the prefix Nimbo means:

• high altitude

• layer

• wispy

• rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In latin, the prefix Cumulo means:

• heap/puff

• layer

• wispy

• high altitude

The image below is which type of cloud?

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The image below shows which type of cloud?

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The image below shows which type of cloud?

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of precipitation would fall if the entire troposphere is 32 degrees fahrenheit?

• hail

• snow

• sleet

• rain

Which type of precipitation normally happens in the winter when snow falls through a layer of warm air, melts, then refreezes into ice before hitting the ground?

• hail

• snow

• sleet

• rain

This is a cold,dry air mass that normally forms near the poles:

• maritime tropical

• maritime polar

• continental tropical

• continental polar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5