Clouds and Precipitation

Which two conditions are required for cloud formation?

• high humidity & warm temperatures

• high humidity & cool temperatures

• warm temperatures & dust particles

• cool temperatures & dust particles

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Clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton are _________________ clouds.

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

• stratus

Which type of cloud is this and means curl of hair?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

Which type of cloud is this?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Where does freezing rain freeze?

• In the air

• In the clouds

• When it touches the ground or something cold

• On its way down

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which clouds are thunderstorm clouds with vertical development?

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cirrus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Hail only forms in what type of cloud?

• stratus
• cumulonimbus
• cumulus
• cirrus

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What is a tornado?

• my little brother running around the house

• a spinning cloud shaped like a funnel

• a tall rain cloud

• a hurricane

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What temperature of the ocean does a hurricane need to be form?

• Warm

• Cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This extreme weather event forms over warm oceans and weakens when it hits land.

• Hurricane
• Tornado

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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