Clouds and Precipitation

Which of the following measures atmospheric pressure?

• weather vane

• thermometer

• anemometer

• barometer

What kind of precipitation is formed when water falls from the clouds and lands on the ground as liquid water?

• sleet

• hail

• rain

• snow

What type of precipitation forms when raindrops fall through a cold layer of air and freeze before they hit the ground?

• sleet

• hail

• snow

• rain

What kind of precipitation is formed when the temperature is below the freezing point of water?

• liquid precipitation

• solid precipitation

Where does condensation occur in the water cycle?

• underground water soaking into rocks and soil

• clouds forming

• ocean water changing to water vapor

• water flowing down a river

What type of clouds appears in high, thin, and wispy clouds that form at high altitudes?

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

Clouds can reflect, absorb, radiate energy.

• True

• False

Who studies weather and climate?

• Biologists

• Meteorologist

• Botanist

• Geologist

Which pair is not correctly matched?

• weather vane-atmospheric pressure

• stratus-layered

• windsock- wind direction

• hail-thunderstorm

Water vapor is one of the gases of the atmosphere

• True

• False